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

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

3. Why don't Melanie and Jean think what they are doing is the "unnatural passions" they hear about?

4. Who is Pastor Spratt?

5. What is Pastor Finch's sermon about the first day Melanie is in the church?

Short Essay Questions

1. When she is young and still trying to understand men and marriage, what is Jean's general opinion of men? Where does it come from?

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

3. How is Jean's deafness discovered?

4. What does the prince write about perfection?

5. How does Jean make friends with Melanie?

6. Why don't Melanie and Jean think that what they share is what the pastor labels as "unnatural passion"?

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

8. 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."

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

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

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

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 3

None of the references to famous people, stories, or other things are in the novel by accident. The author brings them up specifically for their relevance to some aspect of her story. Choose one of the many popular or Biblical references in the novel to explain.

Part 1. What reference is made? When in the story is it made?

Part 2. Describe the reference thoroughly, making sure to include the parts that relate to ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT.

Part 3. How does this reference relate back to Jean's story? What relevance does it have? What insight or depth does it bring with it that was missing?

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