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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Judges.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jean say her mother has always given her problems?
(a) She has her own agenda.
(b) She has faith above all else.
(c) She is enlightened and reactionary at the same time.
(d) She is hypocritical.

2. What condition does Jean's mother insist on to let Jean go to the fair once a year?
(a) That she try and convert the gypsies.
(b) That she write a report afterwards on evils of the fair.
(c) That she confess and cleanse herself the next day.
(d) That she will bring back black peas from the gypsies.

3. What does Jean's mother do to get at the "heathens" who live next door?
(a) Preaches to them over the garden fence.
(b) Knocks on their door every Sunday to tell them about the Lord.
(c) Plays the piano and sings hymns really loudly.
(d) Leaves pamphlets in their mailbox.

4. Who spends the most time with Jean in the hospital?
(a) Mrs Jewsbury.
(b) Jean's father, sent by her mother.
(c) Jean's mother, who even sleeps there.
(d) Elsie.

5. What does Jean say about things that are dead?
(a) There is a certain seductiveness about them.
(b) All of the above.
(c) They have all the admirable qualities of life.
(d) They don't have the tiresome messiness of live things.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Jean tell her mother about Melanie?

2. What is Jean unsure how to do?

3. What story does the telling of Jean's own beginnings parallel?

4. How does Jean characterize a story heard from various perspectives?

5. What does Jean overhear her mother say about the people that invited her to the seashore?

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