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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 Mrs Arkwright do for Jean in the market?

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

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

4. What does the girl tell the adviser who tries to take her to the prince?

5. Who finally discovers that Jean is deaf?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jean's mother.

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

3. What does the headmistress call Jean into her office for? Why? What is Jean's response?

4. What does the perfect girl the prince finds tell him?

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

6. 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."

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author frequently uses stories, often ones that sound like parables, to make her points in her story.

Part 1. Give some examples of some stories she tells to enhance an aspect of her story.

Part 2. Analyze the story she tells in reference to her story. What does it mean? What is she adding to her narrative?

Part 3. In your mind, how effective is this tool in her story telling?

Essay Topic 2

At one point Jean describes her mother as "Old Testament." What do we mean by that phrase?

Part 1. Describe the Biblical Old Testament.

Part 2. Describe the Biblical New Testament, comparing and contrasting it to the Old Testament.

Part 3. Give some examples and explanations about things that might be referred to as Old Testament.

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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