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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. Which word best describes how Janie is feelings, after hearing the truth of her past, in chapter 10?

2. In which chapter does Janie truly begin to confide in Reeve?

3. What is the best word to describe the novel's ending?

4. Who does Reeve believe kidnaps Janie?

5. Janie's struggle between ________________ and adulthood is a theme throughout the novel.

Short Essay Questions

1. What suggests that Janie wants to, and plans on, spending the night with Reeve in the future?

2. How does the novel end? Explain.

3. Explain what is lacking from the Johnson's explanation of the past.

4. Why do Janie and Reeve decide against staying in the motel together/

5. How do the Johnsons react to the news of the Springs? Explain.

6. What might "attention" have to do with Janie's kidnapping, as supposed by Janie?

7. How does Reeve perceive Janie's thoughts about the milk carton?

8. What is Janie's realization about her relationship with Reeve toward the end of the novel? Explain.

9. Describe the argument between Janie and Reeve in chapter 16.

10. What happens when Reeve and Janie come home to in chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, there is a great contrast between Reeve's family and Janie's family. Explain the contrast in both families, and state the irony present within the context of the novel, as related to the two families. Use in text citations to support your claims.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the lack in progression in Janie's relationship with Reeve mirror Janie's progression in discovering the truth of her past?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, Janie is in a constant struggle between the joys of adolescence and the responsibility of adulthood. Describe how the theme of adolescence versus adulthood works within the novel. Use in text citation to support your point.

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