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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 what Jean's mother's response when Jean told her about the marriage dream she had?
(a) She said it was because Jean ate sardines the night before.
(b) She reassured her that her own marriage would be nothing like that.
(c) She said she had had similiar dreams when she was young.
(d) She offered to take Jean to a dream analyst.

2. What does Jean assume when she first senses hearing loss?
(a) She is in a state of rapture.
(b) It's normal.
(c) God is smiting her.
(d) She is getting old.

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

4. What is one technique Jean's mother uses in the Society for the Lost?
(a) She sends out literature about hell and damnation.
(b) She passedsout pamphlets at other churches.
(c) She gives away gifts to members.
(d) She preaches on street corners.

5. What is the moral of the story of the prince and the woman?
(a) Perfection should always be strived for.
(b) The desire for perfection makes you evil.
(c) Perfection is not flawlessness, but balance.
(d) Perfection is unobtainable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jean's mother identify the sound coming from next door as?

2. How does Jean's mother refer to their neighbors?

3. How does the Society for the Lost fare under the direction of Jean's mother?

4. What is on the tablecloth Jean's family uses on Sundays?

5. Who invites Jean to go to the seaside?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Elsie? Describe her.

2. Describe Jean's mother.

3. What happens the first time Melanie goes to Jean's church?

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

5. Describe a typical Sunday in Jean's home.

6. In an attempt to fit in at school, what does Jean change about her art projects? How does that go?

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

8. Who invites Jean to go to the seaside? What happens and why does her mother not let her?

9. What kinds of stories does Jean's mother tell her while the walk on Sundays? Give some examples.

10. What is the story of the sensitive princess?

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