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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 do Bo Jo, his parents, and July talk about at dinner after July moves in with them?

2. What does July buy from a five and dime store that is fifty miles from her home?

3. Who is Horace Clark?

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

5. After moving into their apartment, why does Bo Jo tell July he is going out?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Horace Clark, and why does July spend time with him?

2. What does Bo Jo tell July while in study hall? Why is this news important to him?

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

4. Right after moving into their new apartment, how does Bo Jo hurt July's feelings?

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

6. Why do July and Bo Jo go to a hotel room on their first night as husband and wife?

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

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

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

10. In the visit between Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Greher, what indicates to July that some progress has been made in their relationship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss "Mr and Mrs Bo Jo Jones" in context with 1960s American culture. How were the issues of teen pregnancy and abortion viewed during this time period in America? How might these public opinions have influenced Head's depiction of the issues in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of choices in the novel "Mr and Mrs Bo Jo Jones." What choices is July forced to make. Does she feel that she made the right choices? Do her parents make any choices for her?

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