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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. Who is E.P. Revele?

2. How many pounds does Joan gain before her wedding?

3. Why does Joan begin to fear Paul?

4. How much does Joan get paid for her first manuscript?

5. Who is the author that Joan reads that makes Paul furious?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Marlene Pugh reappearance in Joan's life play?

2. How does Joan's mother try to control Joan's weight?

3. How does Joan begin to take on a new identity after leaving home?

4. Why does Joan try to stop the publication of Lady Oracle?

5. Why is Joan's childhood ballet recital such a traumatic experience for her?

6. What are some similarities between Joan and her character Charlotte?

7. How does Arthur make it easy for Joan to continue to lie to him?

8. How does Joan use her personal fears and concerns within the plot of the novel she is writing?

9. How does Joan see her father differently after she returns home for the funeral?

10. Why is discovering that Paul writes romance novels valuable to Joan's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of person is Aunt Lou? How does she act as a positive role model for Joan? Does Joan ever act in ways that remind you of Aunt Lou? Provide specific examples from the text to support your responses.

Essay Topic 2

Terremoto, where Joan flees after faking her death by drowning, means "earthquake" in Italian. Discuss the significance of this setting as a symbol for Joan's new life. What does Joan expect her life to be when she arrives there? Does it meet her expectations?

Essay Topic 3

Provide several examples of how humor is used in surprising ways to develop the plot of Lady Oracle. Is this an effective writing technique?

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