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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 at Elsie's funeral?

2. What does the sorcerer want of Winnet?

3. What opinion of many has history changed since the Pilgrim fathers first set sail?

4. Who does Jean find when she returns home after being accused at church?

5. What is the competition the sorcerer and Winnet use to determine her future?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways might the chapter entitled Deuteronomy apply to Jean's life?

2. What does Jean tell the church to protect Katy?

3. What does Jean tell the pastor and elders of her church when they return after locking her up? Is she sincere?

4. According to the chapter Deuteronomy what are some ways that people change or deny the past?

5. What happens that makes the sorcerer cast Winnet out?

6. Describe what happened when Jean's biological mother returned to claim her.

7. Describe how the author describes Pol Pot in relation to history in the chapter entitled Deuteronomy.

8. What do the pastor and Jean's mother propose after discovering Jean's continued interest in women, and what is Jean's response?

9. What happens when Jean returns home for a visit?

10. What is it like for Winnet living in the village? Why does she decide she has to leave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

An entire chapter of the novel is dedicated to discussion of stories and history in general being subjective.

Part 1. What is meant by subjectivity in history?

Part 2. How subjective is history? Are there any true things to be found and proven?

Part 3. How do people best cope with the subjective nature of looking into the past?

Essay Topic 3

The novel ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT is the debut novel by Jeannette Winterson. Write an essay about the book and the author.

Part 1. When was the book published? How has it been received by the literary community?

Part 2. What type of story is this? What does the story itself tell us about the author?

Part 3. Who is Jeannette Winterson and what else has she done?

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