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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 the names of Mrs. Townsend's dogs?

2. What does Fabienne tell Anges that she and Fabienne are like?

3. Where is Meaker's hometown?

4. What does Agnes realize her homesickness is really about?

5. What are the Woodsway days organized around?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Agnes and Meaker get along fairly well?

2. What does Catalina say when Agnes asks about Meaker?

3. Who is Jaques?

4. Who comes to photograph Agnes at Woodsway eventually?

5. What does Agnes think of having to call Mrs. Townsend "Kazumi"?

6. How does Agnes get along with the others girls at Woodsway in general?

7. What does Agnes learn about her own journal in Part IV?

8. Who works with Mrs. Townsend to "prepare" Agnes for the next stage of her career?

9. Why does Mrs. Townsend say Agnes's school fees will be covered?

10. What does Mrs. Townsend admonish Agnes for in Part IV?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does infertility affect Agnes's life as an adult? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What do the ghosts in The Book of Goose symbolize? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What effects does the war still cast on Agnes's home village when the book opens, and how does Yiyun communicate them to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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