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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. What does Jean's mother call the public school?
(a) The corrupter of children.
(b) The devils work.
(c) The breeding ground.
(d) The mill of brainwashing.

2. What does Jean worry about before her operation?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Dying from the anesthetia.
(c) If the nurse will throw away her orange peel.
(d) Not getting her hearing back.

3. What reason does Jean have for visiting Melanie every Monday?
(a) For Bible study as her counselor.
(b) Delivering food from Tricketts.
(c) Their mothers go downtown together.
(d) Bringing new tracts for distribution.

4. Which of the following is in the book that the prince writes?
(a) The need to produce a world of perfect beings.
(b) An exhoration to single-mindedness.
(c) All of the above.
(d) The corruption of opting for second best.

5. What does Jean ask for when her mother takes her to town to buy mince?
(a) A new mac.
(b) All of the above.
(c) To take the dog.
(d) A fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is that "special something" the prince is looking for in someone?

2. How does Jean pass the time she spends in the children's ward at the hospital?

3. How was the special conference for the Society a turning point for Jean?

4. In Jean's dream of getting married, who is her husband?

5. What does Jean's mother always say about oranges?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the incident of the mac and its replacement.

2. Describe Jean's mother.

3. Who is the prince in the story, and what does he believe he wants?

4. How does Jean make friends with Melanie?

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

6. Describe how the church community misunderstood Jean's deafness. What did they say about her?

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

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

9. What is Jean's experience with the visiting pastor, Pastor Finch?

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

(see the answer keys)

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