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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 don't Bo Jo and July want to split up?

2. How does July feel about staying married to Bo Jo in the epilogue?

3. While tending to Gory for a day, why does July feel hurt?

4. What does Grandmother Greher read to July after Jonathan dies?

5. Where did Louella go when she ran away?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Louella upset when July goes to see her after her visit to the doctor?

2. 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?

3. What opportunity does July sense both sets of parents see in the death of her son?

4. What do Bo Jo and July decide to do since he is uncomfortable with her parents paying the doctor's bills?

5. What does July realize was the real reason Bo Jo was in a bad mood when she returned from visiting Louella?

6. What does July hear about Nicholas weeks after Louella leaves town?

7. What are the circumstances of baby Jonathan's delivery?

8. What does Bo Jo say to July after meeting Louella?

9. Who offers July a ride home from the post office? What does July accuse this person of?

10. What plan do Bo Jo and July have in order to stay married?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What struggles did July face throughout the novel? What caused these struggles for her? How did she overcome them?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the issues of teen pregnancy in 1960s America and how teen pregnancy is depicted in the novel "Mr and Mrs Bo Jo Jones." Is the novel a reflection of how America viewed teen pregnancy during this time period? How does the public opinion of teen pregnancy in the 1960s differ from what it is today?

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