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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 Jean order at the cafe in Chapter 16?

2. Where did Jean and her mother often go on holiday?

3. What does Howard tell Jean and his aunt that Gretchen has a horror of?

4. In Chapter 16, what does Jean take Margaret to?

5. In Chapter 16, what does Jean write is the most derided category of women?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 20, what does Jean see on her holiday with her mother that depresses her?

2. In Chapter 24, what does Martha tell Jean about Margaret's name?

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

4. In Chapter 19, what is the last test the doctors want to do on Gretchen and Margaret?

5. What does Jean begin to think is odd about Gretchen's actions towards her?

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

7. What is the relationship between Martha and Gretchen in Chapter 24?

8. What does Gretchen ask Jean to do with Margaret?

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

10. What does Jean's doctor tell her after her abortion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Chambers describe and characterize Martha's and Gretchen's love affair? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Chambers describe the options and opportunities for women in the 1950s in England? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Chambers describe Jean's relationship to her work at the Kent Echo? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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