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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 stores does Mr. Addams tell F. Jasmin to charge a wedding dress, shoes and stockings?

2. How much time did Jarvis spend in Alaska?

3. Who does F. Jasmin brag to about having a date?

4. What does F.Jasmin realize about the soldier as they sat in the Blue Moon to talk to each other?

5. What is F. Jasmin's father's full name?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the narrator, how does Frances think John Henry viewed the wedding? How did Frances think Berenice viewed the wedding?

2. Describe the party that Berenice offers to throw Frances after the wedding debacle.

3. Describe Bernice's first husband and first marriage.

4. What new fear does F. Jasmin have by the end of Part 2, Chapter 3? Why does she have this fear?

5. 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?

6. How does Mr. Addams respond to F. Jasmin's news that she is not returning after the wedding?

7. Describe the Blue Moon.

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

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

10. Describe F. Jasmin's schoolmate. What does F. Jasmin discuss with her schoolmate? Where do they go together and what do they do when they get there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is the art of conversation significant in the novel? What role does conversation play in the novel? Please use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

How is Frankie disconnected from the world? What does she do to try to reconnect with the world? Provide at least two reasons for both questions. Please use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

In what ways are Berenice and Frankie similar? In what ways are Bernice and Frankie different? Provide at least two examples for both questions. Please use specific examples from the book.

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