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

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

3. What is July careful not to reveal to Louella when she comes to visit?

4. Who does July receive a letter from?

5. When Mrs. Gerher invites July for dinner, what does her mother criticize Bo Jo for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Louella feel after her abortion?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What leads to baby Jonathan's death?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "Mr and Mrs Bo Jo Jones." Is family important to July? How does her family influence her decision-making and her relationship with Bo Jo? How does Bo Jo's family influence him? How does July's family take the news of her pregnancy and marriage?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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