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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 Grandmother Greher read to July after Jonathan dies?
2. How many years after the main story does the epilogue take place?
3. What is the main point of Bo Jo's plan to stay married?
4. Where does July begin to experience pain?
5. Where does Louella tell July she is going?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does July hear about Nicholas weeks after Louella leaves town?
2. Why is July envious when she sees Alan and Mary Ann together?
3. How do the different members of the Greher and Jones families deal with the death of baby Jonathan?
4. What does Mrs. Greher criticize Bo Jo for when she invites July to Sunday dinner? How does July later use this criticism against Bo Jo?
5. Who sends July a letter, and what does she initially plan to send as a response?
6. How does Louella feel after her abortion?
7. What are the circumstances of baby Jonathan's delivery?
8. Why is Louella upset when July goes to see her after her visit to the doctor?
9. How does July's ongoing correspondence with Horace finally come to an end?
10. Why is Louella in a happy mood when she comes to visit July?
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
Analyze and interpret the protagonist of the novel, July Greher. What are her defining character traits? What struggles does she face throughout the novel? How does she grow as a character as the novel progresses?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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