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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 name of the store run by Daisy's parents, as explained in Chapter 7?
2. According to Agnes in Chapter 40, who convinced Paula to assent to Agnes becoming an Aunt?
3. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 14, who becomes distraught upon hearing the story of the Concubine Cut into Twelve Pieces?
4. What is the name of the second narrator, as revealed in the Chapter 4?
5. Who is Agnes bethrothed to marry?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the Thank Tank? What happened there, as Aunt Lydia explains in Chapter 24?
2. Who is Agnes Jemima? What does her name mean?
3. Who is Baby Nicole and what does Daisy learn about her in Chapter 8?
4. Who is Aunt Immortelle? What can she do that Agnes cannot, as Agnes describes in Chapter 39?
5. What does Becka intend? How does Aunt Lydia resolve the problem in Chapter 34?
6. What "experiment" does Aunt Lydia perform in Chapter 34? What are the results?
7. What strange occurrences happen after Daisy attends the protest in Chapter 11?
8. What happened the first time she was brought before Commander Judd, as Aunt Lydia explains in Chapter 24?
9. Who is the source? How does the source communicate with Mayday, as explained in Chapter 32?
10. What tattoo does Daisy get in Chapter 33?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the importance of the Thirteenth Symposium to the novel as a whole. How does this final section to the novel influence the reader’s understanding of the protagonists and their actions?
Essay Topic 2
The power of secrets is a major theme in the novel. Choose three characters who keep a secret, and explain how keeping a secret affects him or her. What are the positive and negative effects of keeping a secret?
Essay Topic 3
Margaret Atwood, the author of the novel, once wrote, “Reality simply consists of different points of view.” Explain how the novel illustrates this idea.
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