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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 Shirley's father?

2. What surgery did Morgan describe having undergone when they spoke at Yazz's college?

3. How is GG related to Megan?

4. What are the names of Shirley's brothers?

5. Who gave Megan a tattoo on her 18th birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Grace come to be the mistress of Greenfields?

2. Why did Megan feel different as a child?

3. How is Penelope's marriage to Phillip described?

4. How did Megan meet Bibi? What was the nature of their early relationship?

5. How is Penelope described when her character is first introduced in Chapter 3?

6. How is Shirley's relationship with Lennox characterized?

7. How did Megan's life change when she was 18?

8. What is Hattie's biggest secret?

9. How does Morgan know Yazz in the contemporary timeline?

10. How is language stressed in Megan/Morgan's narrative?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of setting in Girl, Woman, Other. What are the primary settings in the collected narratives? How does setting relate to plot in the novel? What mood(s) and atmosphere(s) are developed through setting?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss non-intersectional versus intersectional feminism as explored in the novel. How are each of these terms defined? Which characters are related to each term/concept? What statements do you think the author is making in relation to non-intersectional versus intersectional feminism? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of GG/Hattie in Girl, Woman, Other. How does this character's backstory relate to the novel's overarching themes? What is GG/Hattie's greatest secret? Why has she kept this secret?

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