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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 Hatter directing the other young people in the room to do while Dr. Summer is there?

2. How does Dr. Summer find Hatter in her cell?

3. How does the psychiatrist explain Hatter's extreme punishment?

4. What does Dr. Summer encounter before he finds the psychiatrists office?

5. Why is Dr. Summer called back to the Reformatory after meeting with Hatter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What misunderstanding do Rhinehart and Dr. Summer have at the end of their dinner in Rhinehart's apartment?

2. Describe Hatter's feelings toward Dr. Summer now that he has returned. Are these feelings a surprise? Why or why not?

3. What does Rhinehart tell Dr. Summer about Hatter's wounds? Is there evidence that the wounds are the cause of her illness? Why or why not?

4. How does Dr. Summer first meet Hatter? What is she doing?

5. Why is Dr. Summer called back to the Reformatory after Hatter attacks him?

6. How does the local Navajo group at the University hurt Hatter? Why does it hurt her?

7. Where does Dr. Summer find Hatter the night he spends the day with Mango? Why? How does Dr. Summer react?

8. What story does Dr. Summer tell Rhinehart in the infirmary? Why is it important?

9. Why is Hatter forced to leave her first job in Santa Fe? What theme does this follow in the book?

10. What does Dr. Summer do to try to improve Hatter's life in the Reformatory?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the State Reformatory for Girls through Dr. Summer's eyes. From how he describes the institution, is the reader given the impression that this location lends itself to reform? Why or why not? How does the Reformatory itself play a role in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the moment when Dr. Summer feels that Hatter is trying to communicate with him for the first time. Why does Dr. Summer feel that way? As the reader, do you see the same thing Dr. Summer sees? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the first interaction between Dr. Summer and Hatter Fox. How does this interaction set the tone for the rest of their relationship?

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