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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 does Louise wear to have her pictures taken?

2. Where is the group gathering in this section?

3. Which holiday is approaching?

4. Where are Viv and Don when he asks her to marry him?

5. Where will all the children spend the upcoming holiday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting of this section?

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

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

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

5. What is the setting for this section?

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

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

9. Why are the women meeting at the hospice?

10. What do the girls and women do after they have had sandwiches and cake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are the warriors in the chapter entitled "Warriors"? Is it immediately clear who they are? Why does the author call them by this name? What battle are they waging? Are they winning the war? Are there any characters who do not fall into the category of warriors? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of married women in the 1950s when the women in the novel are beginning their married lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do the have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have?

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study on Barbara. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point in her life?

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