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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jean find one day when she is looking for a pack of cards?

2. What gift does Elsie give Jean?

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

4. What does Jean discover when she reads the book JANE EYRE?

5. What does Jean's mother do when she identifies the sound coming from next door?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story of the sensitive princess?

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

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

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

5. What are some things Jean's mother did for the Society for the Lost? Was she effective?

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

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

8. Describe Jean's mother.

9. How is Jean's deafness discovered?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the five fundamental components of story telling discussed is that of plot.

Part 1. What is plot? How can it be manipulated?

Part 2 What are the elements of plot? Do they usually follow a pattern?

Part 3. What role does conflict play in plot? What are the four common types of conflict?

Part 4. What is the central conflict that drives the plot?

Essay Topic 2

One of the five fundamental components of storytelling discussed is the element of style.

Part 1. What is the element of style?

Part 2. Give some examples of literature or other popular stories where style has been a major factor in the enjoyment of the story.

Part 3. Discuss the style used in the novel. How effective was it?

Essay Topic 3

By far the most cited popular reference in the novel is William Blake.

Part 1. Who is William Blake?

Part 2. Write a short biography of the life and works of William Blake.

Part 3. How is William Blake significant in the novel? Why is he cited as often as he is?

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