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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. Where does Frankie's brother and his bride-to-be plan to hold their wedding?
2. What did Frankie shoplift from Sears and Roebuck?
3. Why did Frankie never enter into the the Blue Moon?
4. What type of pass does the solider from the Blue Moon have?
5. What was the nationality of the Blue Moon's owner?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does F. Jasmin end up sitting on Berenice's lap?
2. What role does John Henry play in the conversations that take place in Part 2, Chapter 2? How does the narrator's reference of John Henry as gray foreshadow what may come later in the novel?
3. What does Berenice translate what she thinks F. Jasmin is saying? How does this help F. Jasmin?
4. What is the point of Berenice's stories about her past husbands? Why does she share the story with F. Jasmin?
5. How does Mr. Addams respond to F. Jasmin's news that she is not returning after the wedding?
6. What did Frankie imagine that some of the sidewalk lazies would say about her while she is working in her father's shop?
7. What new fear does F. Jasmin have by the end of Part 2, Chapter 3? Why does she have this fear?
8. Describe the argument between the man with the monkey and the red-haired solider from the Blue Moon.
9. Describe F. Jasmin's date with the soldier from the Blue Moon.
10. What happens to Jasmin after the monkey and the monkey man leaves the scene where he and the red-haired solider had their argument?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What role does dining together play in the novel? What significance does food have in the novel? Why is dining together and food significant? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
What role does Janice's character play in the novel? Why does the author choose to introduce Janice to reader in the manner that he does? Why is Janice's character significant? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
How does Frankie's innocence isolate her from the real world? How is Frankie's innocence diminished? Please use specific examples from the book.
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