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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. Where did Katy and Jean go together?

2. What does the raven warn Winnet will happen if she stays in the place she loves?

3. Where does Jean go after being accused at church?

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

5. What does the pastor identify as the root cause of the problem with Jean?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Katy? What is her relationship to Jean?

3. How and when are Melanie and Jean ousted to the church? What happens?

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

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

6. Where does Melanie go, and with whom, after being accused at church? What happens?

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

8. What is the nature of stories and history and how does she describe them?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the Biblical books that a chapter of ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT was named after; so Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, or Ruth.

Part 1. Describe the Biblical book, naming the most common references from it.

Part 2. Summarize the activity that happens in the chapter ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT named after that Biblical book.

Part 3. Relate the chapter in the novel to the biblical chapter. What parallels is the book making? What references? How does the biblical chapter add depth to the book?

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

By far the most cited popular reference in the novel is William Blake.

Part 1. Who is William Blake?

Part 2. Write a short biography of the life and works of William Blake.

Part 3. How is William Blake significant in the novel? Why is he cited as often as he is?

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