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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. In Part I, what does Frankie, Berenice, and John Henry do every afternoon after eating dinner?

2. Where does the solider suggest he and F. Jasmin go on their date?

3. What is Frankie's birth month?

4. When Frankie becomes angry because she does not feel like sleeping over at her house, what reason does she give John Henry for inviting him?

5. What time does F. Jasmin agree to meet the soldier for a date?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does time become Frankie's enemy in Part 3?

2. How do Big Mama's words foreshadow what will happen at the wedding?

3. What is the point of Berenice's stories about her past husbands? Why does she share the story with F. Jasmin?

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

5. Describe John Henry.

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

7. Describe how Frankie feels in relation to the world.

8. What does F. Jasmin ask her father when she returns home from her date? How does her father respond?

9. Describe Berenice's house.

10. Describe the jail that F. Jasmin passes on her way to Berenice's house and the inmates on the inside of the jail.

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 the author foreshadow the separation of Frankie, John Henry, and Berenice? Please use specific examples from the book.

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