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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hannah?

2. What does Mrs. Shields say about Janie's parents when Janie asks her about them?

3. Which class do Janie and her mother go to in chapter three?

4. In chapter eight, Janie has a memory of doing this with her real mother.

5. In which chapter does Janie eventually confront her parents about all that she uncovers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what Janie's parents reveal to her about themselves in chapter nine.

2. What is Hannah's role within the novel, other than the history the Johnsons provide?

3. How does Reeve's and Janie's relationship grow in chapter two?

4. Explain why Janie feels that she cannot confide in her friends after her kiss with Reeve.

5. Explain Janie's stint, in an attempt to make Reeve jealous at the Honors breakfast.

6. Describe the flashback that Janie has in chapter eight, after dinner with her parents.

7. Explain what happens between Janie and Mrs. Shields in chapter three.

8. Explain Janie's flashback in chapter three as well as what Janie finds particularly upsetting about the flashback.

9. What is the significance of the school trip to Spain?

10. Explain the focus of Janie's mind during chapter two.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does food act as a symbol of the status of the family unit throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think the author of the novel leaves the book open-ended? Do you expect a sequel? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What might the blossoming of Reeve and Janie's relationship represent throughout the novel? Is their relationship ever resolved?

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