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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. What is Kate said to teach in Chapter 3?

2. Who among Winsome's friends was a clerk at the CIA in Virginia before becoming her friend/neighbor?

3. Who was GG's mother?

4. Where were Lennox's parents from?

5. What is Chloe's last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Winsome's current circumstances in the present-day timeline in Chapter 3? Where is she living?

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

4. Who is Hattie? How is this character described?

5. How did Megan's life change when she was 16?

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

7. What was Shirley's outlook when she began teaching?

8. How is Penelope's marriage to Giles described?

9. Why does Penelope resent multiculturalism?

10. How is gender neutrality defined?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss three examples of irony in Girl, Woman, Other. How is verbal irony employed? What is an example of situational irony? How does the author make use of dramatic irony? What purpose does each example serve?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes of women's roles and sexuality as explored in Bummi's narrative in Girl, Woman, Other. How does Bummi's heritage and native culture reflect upon women's roles in society? How does that culture change when Bummi and her husband move to England? How does it change for Bummi when she loses her husband?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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