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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 watch the squirrel do outside the grocery store in Chapter 7?

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

3. Who does Annie say she misses when she is alone in Chapter 2?

4. How does Carl react to Annie's pregnancy?

5. What is wrong with Carl and Annie's room at Ms. Hansom's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What agreement do Carl and Annie make their first Christmas together?

2. What does Annie do when she hears the literature class in Chapter 7?

3. How does Annie feel after meeting Carl's Japanese friend?

4. Why does the justice of the peace have a problem marrying Carl and Annie?

5. Why do Carl and Annie's mothers believe they are married?

6. In Chapter 11, how is Lopin described?

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

8. How does Carl feel about the first decorations Annie brings into their room?

9. What does Annie do when the bank transfers her savings?

10. What does Carl's mother write to him in a letter in Chapter 5?

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

Is there an antagonist in "Joy in the Morning"? How can an antagonist be defined within in text?

Essay Topic 3

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

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