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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 are Jean and Melanie accused of during the sermon?

2. What do Jean and Mrs. Jewsbury do after Jean is accused at church?

3. After her visitor, what does Jean announce she is ready to do?

4. What does the sorcerer want of Winnet?

5. What does she advise you to do if you want to keep your own teeth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What must Winnet do to reach the beautiful city? What is it like when she reaches it?

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

5. What do the pastor and her mother pinpoint as the culprit for Jean's sexuality?

6. How does Winnet end up living with the sorcerer and believing she is his daughter?

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

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

9. What makes Jean's mother aware of what is happening between Jean and Melanie?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel Jean spends the better part of a chapter trying to understand men.

Part 1. Describe the techniques the young Jean employs to get information.

Part 2. What information does Jean gather, and what surmises does she make from it?

Part 3. Jean was clearly suffering from a lack of quality, clear information given to her. What role should her parents and/or teachers and pastors have played in her understanding, or is such confusion a natural part of the process?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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