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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 does the note say that Bo Jo slips July in study hall?

2. What happens to July in class following her sexual encounter with Bo Jo?

3. What job does July's father offer Bo Jo?

4. Who is the protagonist of "Mr and Mrs Bo Jo Jones"?

5. Who is Horace Clark?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does July feel about Alice? What worries July during Alice and Charlie's visit?

2. How do July's parents react to her marriage?

3. What mortifies July at her wedding ceremony?

4. Why does Mrs. Jones feel embarrassed by her house warming gift for Bo Jo and July?

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

6. Why does Mrs. Jones refuse to attend Bo Jo and July's wedding ceremony?

7. Who wants to throw a celebration for Bo Jo and July's marriage? How does this person feel when the offer is rejected?

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

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

10. What details are given about July's marriage ceremony to Bo Jo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Death is explored near the novel's conclusion when July's newborn son Jonathan dies unexpectedly. How does this death affect July? How does it affect Bo Jo? How might their lives have been different if their son had not died? Why might Head have chosen to have the son character die? What lesson might this teach July?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the conclusion of the novel "Mr and Mrs Bo Jo Jones." How does the novel conclude? Is it a happy ending for July? Why or why not? Is the ending believable? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the issue of abortion in 1960s American and how abortion is depicted in the novel "Mr and Mrs Bo Jo Jones". What is the public opinion of abortion during the 1960s in America? How is it depicted in the novel? What do the principle characters think of abortion? Why might Head include Louella's abortion; what message might she have sent?

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