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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. How long is July in and out of consciousness after her baby is delivered?

2. What does July accuse Alice of?

3. After fighting with Bo Jo, what does July do?

4. What is inserted into Jonathan's body to help his condition?

5. When July finds the letter from the football coach, what does she realize?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the distance between the Jones and Greher families evident at the picnic?

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. How does July's ongoing correspondence with Horace finally come to an end?

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

5. How do the different members of the Greher and Jones families deal with the death of baby Jonathan?

6. What does July realize when she is caring for her injured brother?

7. Why don't Bo Jo and July want to get a divorce?

8. What leads to baby Jonathan's death?

9. What does Louella tell July when she shows up at her door with a suitcase in hand?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Analyze and interpret the subplots of the novel "Mr and Mrs Bo Jo Jones." Describe the Louella-Nicholas subplot. Describe the Mary Ann-Alan subplot. How do these subplots parallel July's own relationship with Bo Jo?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the relationship between July and her parents, as well as the relationship between Bo Jo and his parents. Do their relationships suffer because of the pregnancy and marriage? If so, how? What is the relationship like between July and Bo Jo's parents?

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