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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 9 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Seraphina feel about her children?

2. How did Seraphina feel when she became a licensed women?

3. What does Seraphina do after she learns the nannies are not there and her son says he is hungry?

4. What type of baby does Hadley choose to borrow?

5. What is Seraphina's daughter's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the women who come to Hadley's apartment say they think she is one of them?

2. Who comes to Hadley's apartment after she arrives with Gemma and where are they from?

3. Why does Hadley consider running away with Gemma when she takes her from the library?

4. How does Seraphina discover her nannies are gone and how does she react?

5. How does Seraphina feel about her life as a mother?

6. Describe Hadley's experience at the library when she looks for a baby to borrow.

7. What does one of the woman who comes to Hadley's apartment say to Hadley when she says that borrowing a baby is not a crime?

8. How does Paul behave around Seraphina?

9. How does borrowing a baby make Hadley feel about her lot in life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the setting and time period of "Graceful Burdens." In what ways does the time period and setting impact your understanding of the story as well as the themes?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of "Graceful Burdens." What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the story to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the author of "Graceful Burdens." Who is she? What else has she written? How is "Graceful Burdens" similar or different from her previous works?

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