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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 confess to Carl in Chapter 23?

2. How does Carl feel about his time after the birth of Carlton?

3. Why does Carl apply for a student loan in Chapter 13?

4. Who is Jello?

5. How does Annie describe her summer in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Annie's plans for the summer she is pregnant?

2. How does Annie feel during the last day of her play writing class?

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

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

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

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

7. What do Carl and Annie do when money for food runs out?

8. Why does Carl see the dean in Chapter 13?

9. How does the dean help Carl in Chapter 24?

10. In Chapter 15, what worries does Carl express to Annie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Annie's education throughout this novel. Where does it come from? What impact does it have on her? Why is Annie's education significant?

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