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

2. 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?

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

4. What does the prince in the story want to find?

5. What does the prince announce about the woman after their talk?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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."

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

3. Describe how the church community misunderstood Jean's deafness. What did they say about her?

4. When the Society has a special conference in Jean's town, what does Jean's mother make her do? Who does Jean meet there?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the prince write about perfection?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The action of the novel happens in a community of Pentecostal Evangelists, and the conflict in the story is caused by their beliefs.

Part 1. Who are the Pentecostal Evangelists, and what do they believe in?

Part 2. Have they changed since the 1960s when this story took place?

Part 3. What would it be like to be raised in such a community?

Essay Topic 2

Jean's first theological disagreement with her church was on the definition of perfection.

Part 1. How did the pastor at Jean's church define perfection? According to him, is it achievable? How and when?

Part 2. Jean expresses her own views on the definition through a story. Summarize the story she tells and explain how it portrays Jean's views on perfection. What are Jean's views on perfection?

Part 3. Which side of this discussion do you agree with? Give reasons and examples to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

The five fundamental components of fiction were introduced and discussed in a lecture.

Part 1. What are the five fundamental components?

Part 2. Give a description of each of the components and an example or two of how they might affect a story.

Part 3. Discuss the five fundamental components in ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT. What techniques does the author use? How effectively does she use them?

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