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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 is the creative outlet for the women?

2. Where do the women assemble for their meeting?

3. Canoe notes that ___________ are especially frightened by the hounds.

4. Louise states that one of her favorite names is ____________.

5. Which one of the girls is taken home for using profanity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the girls flirting with the boys in the park?

2. Why will the women spend Christmas at the hospice?

3. How do Judy's friends integrate and make themselves welcome with the other hospice guests?

4. What is the main entertainment at the birthday party?

5. What do the women worry about regarding Him and their daughters?

6. What is Canoe's latest initiative for the women?

7. Describe the sad Christmas spent by the women at the hospice.

8. What is the reason for the party Canoe is hosting today?

9. How does Viv reconcile leaving school and getting married?

10. What is the setting for this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the taboo of homosexuality in the 1950s. Why would Viv's friends consider her ex-husband, Clark, to be less of a person because of his presumed homosexuality? How does the group of women accept the lesbian relationship of Carmen and Suzie several years later?

Essay Topic 2

OUR KIND is a classic circle of life story. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the nature of this book and why the author created it the way she did. Why did she choose to create a collection of short stories to tell the women's stories? Is it effective? How is it different from reading a regular novel? How is it the same?

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