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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 does Annie do to change her hair in Chapter 6?

2. What does Annie do when she sees what the female students wear?

3. Who offers Carl a free rent cottage in Lopin?

4. What assignment does Annie rush home to do in Chapter 7?

5. How long does Carl decide to take off of school in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Annie do when she fears she is pregnant?

2. Why do Annie and Carl stay in Lopin at the end of Chapter 12?

3. What does Carl say is scandalous about Bev Karter?

4. Why do Annie and Carl move to Lopin?

5. What happens the first time Carl takes Annie to the cafeteria where he works?

6. What jobs does Annie find in Chapter 8?

7. How do Carl and Annie celebrate their marriage?

8. What does the grocer do for his birthday each year?

9. What happens at Ms. Hansom's on Carl and Annie's wedding night?

10. Why does Carl decide to stop going to school in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast some of Annie's friendships she makes in this novel. How do they develop? What is their purpose? How do they end?

Essay Topic 2

How is Annie's pregnancy like a character itself? What purpose does this serve to the novel as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

What are the gender roles and expectations within "Joy in the Morning"? How are these fulfilled? How are they ignored?

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