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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. Why do July's parents tell her to limit her time with Bo Jo?

2. What kind of night is it at The Reef?

3. What is the name of the owner of the garage apartment?

4. What is the name of Louella's husband?

5. What does Bo Jo think of abortion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Bo Jo, July, and their friends go to The Reef? How does July feel while there?

2. What enrages Mr. Jones enough that he calls and yells at Mr. Greher?

3. What does July's grandmother give her after the wedding ceremony?

4. What do Bo Jo and July argue about when Bo Jo comes back from The Coffee Pot to have lunch?

5. How does Bo Jo react when July tells him that she is pregnant?

6. Why does July go to a town that is fifty miles away?

7. How are Bo Jo and July greeted when they arrive at the Jones' house?

8. What does Mrs. Jones teach July in the two weeks before she and Bo Jo are to move out?

9. How does July spend the evening before her marriage ceremony?

10. What mortifies July at her wedding ceremony?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of marriage in the novel "Mr and Mrs Bo Jo Jones." Why do July and Bo Jo decide to marry? How do their parents react to the news of their marriage? In your opinion, was getting married at such a young age the right choice to make?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze July's character growth throughout the novel. What causes her to grow as a character? In what ways does she grow?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of deception in the novel "Mr and Mrs Bo Jo Jones." Who deceives whom and why? July often deceives others in the novel, but is she a deceitful character? Why or why not? Why does she feel that she has to deceive her loved ones, particularly at the beginning of the novel?

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