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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 assume when she first senses hearing loss?

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

3. Which of the following best describes the religious zeal of Jean's mother?

4. What does Melanie do at the end of her fist service at Jean's church?

5. How was the special conference for the Society a turning point for Jean?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Jean's mother get started with the Society for the Lost?

3. What happens the first time Melanie goes to Jean's church?

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

5. Who is Elsie? Describe her.

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

7. Describe Jean's mother.

8. In the beginning of the chapter, Leviticus, what do Jean and her mother hear coming from Next Door? What do they do about it?

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

10. 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."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses parables throughout her story in ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT. Write a parable for your own story.

Part 1. Give us the general situation of a time in your life when you were going through something you would like to represent through a story.

Part 2. Create and tell the story that will shed understanding or light onto your situation for the reader.

Part 3. Explain your story and how it relates to your situation in life. Do you think your story was effective in adding depth or meaning to the description of your situation?

Essay Topic 2

Jean's mother, whose name we never actually learn, is one of the most overwhelming characters of the book and it is her hands more than any that shape Jean's childhood.

Part 1. Describe Jean's mother.

Part 2. Jean described her mother as "Old Testament." What does she mean?

Part 3. What hints are we given into Jean's mother's past that indicate she might not be entirely as she seems. What hints are we given and what can we guess?

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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