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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. Where does July see her baby when she awakes?

2. Who throws July a baby shower?

3. What happens to the first draft of the response July writes to the letter she receives?

4. What is the main point of Bo Jo's plan to stay married?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does July want to invite Bo Jo to her family's annual picnic?

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

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

7. What plan do the parents present to July and Bo Jo after their son's death?

8. Following her argument with Bo Jo, what does July write in a letter to Horace?

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

10. What does Bo Jo accuse July of when she returns from visiting Louella?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the conflicts in the novel "Mr and Mrs Bo Jo Jones." What are the four types of conflicts? What are some examples of conflict in the novel? How do these conflicts affect the characters, particularly the protagonist July?

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