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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 weather like on Jean's and her mother's holiday?

2. In Chapter 28, what do Howard and Jean do for the first time?

3. What does Margaret say she writes in her notebook?

4. What does Jean advise her readers never to throw away?

5. Who does Martha say Margaret was named for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Howard ask Jean to take to Gretchen and give to her in Chapter 22?

2. In Chapter 17, what happens that makes it so Jean and Howard go to Edie's alone?

3. In Chapter 16, what does Margaret convince a customer in Howard's shop to buy?

4. Where does Gretchen go when she leaves Howard?

5. In Chapter 27, why does Jean feel guilty about her mother?

6. In Chapter 26, what do Jean and Howard do for the first time that seems like the start of a new phase of their relationship?

7. In Chapter 28, why is Jean worried about her mother?

8. In Chapter 22, what does Howard come to see Jean to tell her?

9. What gift does Jean get for Margaret that Margaret loves?

10. In Chapter 28, what catches Jean's interest in Alice's journals?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and why does Chambers demonstrate that Howard is the one person Jean has ever told the story of her abortion to? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What relationship does Chambers draw between science, religion, and faith? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What do the initial reactions to Gretchen's claim of having experienced an immaculate conception reveal about the cultural and social conventions of Chambers's setting for this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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