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

2. Why don't Melanie and Jean think what they are doing is the "unnatural passions" they hear about?
(a) They don't know the normal boundaries of friendship.
(b) Because they are sure they are holy.
(c) They just don't think about it.
(d) Because Pastor Finch says unnatural passions are awful.

3. What does Mrs. Arkwright tell Jean when she sees her in the market?
(a) She tells Jean her mother is a saint.
(b) She tells Jean to come to her if she needs help.
(c) She tells Jean to stop living by someone else's rules.
(d) She tells Jean her mother is mad.

4. What is Melanie doing when Jean first sees her?
(a) Waitressing.
(b) Shoplifting.
(c) Cleaning fish.
(d) Shopping with her family.

5. What is Jean unsure how to do?
(a) Choose a husband.
(b) Get into a marriage.
(c) Make babies.
(d) Tell men from beasts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Jean's mother suspicious of a package that came from Wigan?

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

3. What does the woman at the vermin shop give Jean?

4. Who invites Jean to go to the seaside?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jean make friends with Melanie?

2. Summarize the story of Jean's mother and Pierre.

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

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

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

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

7. How does Jean get to go the fair once a year? What happens to her there one year with a palm reader?

8. How is Jean's deafness discovered?

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

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

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