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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of her involvement in the relationship with the lover, how do people in the colony react toward the narrator?

2. What type of people were attracted to the houses the narrator describes in segment 14?

3. Who does the narrator believe never knew the pleasure of sex?

4. What does the lover recall with great affection?

5. In a letter to the narrator after high school, what sport does the younger brother say he has taken up?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Come up with a list of at least 5 literary devices that are used in the novel. For each one, define the literary device, identify its use in the novel, give a few examples of its use and explain the author's reason for using it.

Essay Topic 2

The relationship between the mother and the daughter, the narrator, in the novel is very interesting, though highly dysfunctional. Describe this relationship. How does the nature of the relationship affect the personality or character traits of the narrator? How does the relationship between mother and daughter affect the narrator's early and later life? Why is it difficult for the narrator to remember her mother later in life?

Essay Topic 3

Identify important symbols in the novel. What can be seen as symbols of the relationship? What symbolizes the dysfunction of the family? What symbolizes the narrator's sexuality? How are these symbols related to the novel and what do they express about the subjects they are symbolizing?

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