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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 say they can use as a bassinet for the baby?

2. Why does Carl take summer classes?

3. What does Carl worry about happening to Jello?

4. Why doesn't Annie take classes during the summer?

5. How does Carl tell his mother about Carlton's birth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Carl's plans for the summer of Annie's pregnancy?

2. What happens when Carl applies for work at a lamp factory?

3. How does Annie convince Carl not to be jealous in Chapter 20?

4. Who do Carl and Annie first tell about Carlton's birth?

5. How does the coach help advise Carl on buying a carriage?

6. What does Carl do after his son is born?

7. Why does Annie decide to deliver her baby at the university hospital?

8. What happens during Annie's first gynecological exam?

9. How does Carl feel about the name Carlton for his son?

10. In Chapter 14, what does Aggie tell Annie about Goldie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the author's use of a narrator in this novel. What type of narrator is used? What is the benefit to this? What is the downside?

Essay Topic 3

Does the ending of "Joy in the Morning" resolve any of the conflicts introduced throughout the novel?

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