View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Frankie's father tell her is looking for her while she is traveling around town on the Saturday before Jarvis's wedding?

2. What does the solider order for F.Jasmin at the Blue Moon?

3. What is one of Frankie's fears?

4. What product was the sassy chorus on the radio singing an advertisement for?

5. Who is F. Jasmin Addams?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frankie describe her experience of seeing the two boys out of the corner of her eye to Berenice?

2. What is Frankie's initial reaction to her brother's engagement?

3. How does F. Jasmin describe the hotel where the soldier was staying?

4. What does F. Jasmin discuss with Honey when she leaves Berenice's house?

5. Why was Frankie jealous of the soldiers? Why was F. Jasmin not jealous of the soldiers?

6. How are Frances' dreams of travel kept alive at the end of Part 3?

7. Why is Frankie isolated by her female peers?

8. How does the narrator describe the town as F. Jasmin is headed to her date?

9. What realization does F. Jasmin have about Mr. Addams in Part 2, Chapter 1? Why does she have this realization?

10. How does F. Jasmin differ from Frankie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does becoming F. Jasmin help Frankie to escape her current situation? How does becoming F. Jasmin hinder Frankie's escape from her current situation? How are Frankie, F. Jasmin, and Frances similar? How are they different? Please use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

How does Big Mama's prediction about F. Jasmin's future regarding the roads, trains, and money, foreshadow what comes later in the novel? Please use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

In the Member of the Wedding, Frankie is the protagonist of the novel. Is Frankie her own antagonist? Why or why not? Please use specific examples from the book.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,108 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample