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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. Who is the boy Winnet makes friends with?

2. What does Jean compare history to?

3. When the pastor and Jean's mother try to set up another exorcism, what does Jean say?

4. What do people do when they tell stories?

5. According to the chapter, Deuteronomy, what is time?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Katy and Jean's relationship discovered by the members of the church?

2. What is the point the author makes using the pilgrim fathers in her chapter entitled Deuteronomy?

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

4. Describe the nature and style of the chapter entitled Deuteronomy.

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

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

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

8. While Jean is locked up in her mother's house after being accused of loving Melanie at church, who does Jean talk to and what do they say?

9. What happens when Jean finally returns home after being accused by the pastor in church?

10. Describe the food metaphor the author uses to describe hearing about an event from various sources.

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

One of the five fundamental components of fiction discussed in class is Theme.

Part 1. What are themes?

Part 2. How is theme different for expository essays versus story telling?

Part 3. What are some of the themes from the novel? How are they developed?

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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