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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. When did Joseph open the plant on Mediterranean Avenue?

2. What is the number of the beach chair that Joseph rents for a week?

3. Where was Esther visiting from when she met Joseph?

4. What type of car does Joseph have?

5. In "Joseph," how long ago did Joseph design his bakery building?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the history behind Stuart's father's hotel?

2. Where did Isaac go and what did he do when he left Alliance?

3. Why does Joseph rent a beach chair for a week in "Joseph"?

4. How is Joseph's bread factory laid out?

5. What does Gusslie like and not like about being in the shadow of Atlantic City's Steel Pier?

6. Why does Fannie find her mother exhausting to be around sometimes?

7. Who is Anna?

8. What do Fannie and Esther have to say about Fannie's new room at the hospital?

9. Three days after Florence dies, who does Joseph realize need to know that she is gone?

10. When did Isaac's parents arrive in Alliance, and why did they struggle there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning? Why are idioms especially difficult for Anna to understand?

Essay Topic 2

Juxtaposition is a literary device used to compare and contrast things. How does the author use juxtaposition to show the differences between characters?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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