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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is a tactic that Jean uses to answer her questions about men?
(a) Asking her aunt.
(b) Listening to women gossip.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Reading fairy tales.

2. How does Jean's mother refer to their neighbors?
(a) Next Door.
(b) John and Meg's family.
(c) The Johnsons.
(d) That poor family.

3. How can Sundays at the house where Jean grew up best be described?
(a) A day of rest to think of the Lord.
(b) Vigorous in worship.
(c) A day for a feast.
(d) Family time.

4. What does the prince in the story want to find?
(a) The Truth.
(b) Happiness.
(c) A wife.
(d) Perfection.

5. What function does Jean's mother's friend make wreaths for?
(a) Parades.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Weddings.
(d) Funerals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites Jean to go to the seaside?

2. When Jean's mother gets a letter about Jean from the headmistress, what does she do?

3. What kind of effort does Jean put into fitting in at school?

4. In the story at the end of the chapter titled Leviticus, what is the girl like?

5. How does Jean get along with the other kids at school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jean's mother get started with the Society for the Lost?

2. Explain why this statement is relevant to Jean's predicament at school: "What constitutes a problem is not the thing, or the environment where we find the thing, but the conjunction of the two."

3. Who is Elsie? Describe her.

4. How does her mother tell the story of Jean's adoption?

5. What happened in sewing class when the class worked on cross stitching projects?

6. How is Jean's deafness discovered?

7. Why does Jean's mother tell Jean the story of her and Pierre? What does she hope to accomplish?

8. Describe the dream Jean has again and again about marriage.

9. What happens when Jean tries to tell her mother that she is going deaf?

10. When the Society has a special conference in Jean's town, what does Jean's mother make her do? Who does Jean meet there?

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