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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 do Jean and her mother do routinely on Sunday mornings?
(a) Cook an extravagant lunch.
(b) Enjoy a conversation over tea.
(c) Take notes on the World Service radio program.
(d) Discuss how the Lord has blessed their lives.

2. Which of the following best describes the religious zeal of Jean's mother?
(a) Old Testament.
(b) Meek.
(c) A Sunday believer.
(d) Love and pacifism.

3. What does Jean's mother have hung above her oven where she can see it often?
(a) A picture of her and her husband on their wedding day.
(b) A watercolor of the Lord painted by Pastor Spratt.
(c) The prayer of St. Francis.
(d) A picture of Jean.

4. On Melanie's first visit to Jean's church, who is the only one that sits out of the dancing and music making of Pastor Finch's new song?
(a) Jean's mother.
(b) Jean.
(c) The woman from the paper shop.
(d) Melanie.

5. Where does Jean's mom get her a new mac?
(a) A seconds shop.
(b) A booth in the market.
(c) Marks & Spencer.
(d) The butcher's lost and found.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a tactic that Jean uses to answer her questions about men?

2. What is the moral of the parable of the sensitive princess?

3. Which of the following best characterizes the way Jean's mother sees the world?

4. What was in the package that came from Wigan?

5. What happens when the pastor talks about how full of spirit Jean is while he is preaching?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jean's mother.

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

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

4. 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."

5. Who does Jean eventually get a Saturday job from? What does she do?

6. How does Jean make friends with Melanie?

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

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

9. Who is Elsie? Describe her.

10. How is Jean's deafness discovered?

(see the answer keys)

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