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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. Where is Rachael sent to live in Part 2 Chapter 6?

2. What does Rachael ask her mother for in Part 2 Chapter 1?

3. What does Brandy do when the phone rings in Part 3 Chapter 3?

4. Where does Brandy go with Marek in Part 3 Chapter 5?

5. What does Rachael rescue from the junk heap in Part 2 Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Shay is sent to live at a sanatorium in Part 2?

2. What does Brandy discover over breakfast in Part 3 Chapter 3?

3. What does Shay ask Rachael about in Part 2 Chapter 1?

4. What is going on with Rachel and Jerry's marriage in Part 3 Chapter 4?

5. What does Rachael discover while reading her mother's diary in Chapter 15?

6. How does Rachel become reacquainted with Jerry in Part 2?

7. What does Uncle Lon hide in the Brandy Wine?

8. Who is Jerry and what does the reader learn about him in Part 2 Chapter 2?

9. What happens to the mirror in Chapter 12 and 13?

10. What does Angel St. John tell Brandy about her family in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the character Shay. What are her defining character traits? What is her role in the story? What struggles or obstacles does she face throughout the novel? Does she grow as a character? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the marriages between Shay and Corbin, Shay and Hutch and Rachael and Jerry. Do they love and respect each other? Are these marriages happy ones? What are some obstacles that they face as couples?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the role of women during the two time periods in which the novel is set (early 1900's and 1970's). How do the differences in how women are regarded and treated in these two time periods impact Brandy and Shay?

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