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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 were the names of woman who wrote letters that Marla left with Alex?

2. Where did Bertha begin sleeping in Chapter 14?

3. Where did Bertha work when she graduated from college?

4. How old was Alex when her aunt Marla got married?

5. How old was Beatrice when she said she wanted to change into a dragon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation did Alex and Aunt Marla have three days before the dragoning?

2. Why did Bertha start sleeping in Alex and Beatrice's room?

3. When Alex sought out her aunt Marla's former co-workers, what did they tell her about the day her aunt disappeared?

4. Where did Alex keep things from her mother, and what did she keep there?

5. What information was disseminated about the Mass Dragoning of 1955?

6. What was Alex's punishment after Sonja was sent away?

7. Where did Alex and Beatrice live after their mother died and why?

8. How did a priest stop young women from turning into dragons?

9. What happened at a Los Angeles bar in 1959?

10. What was the house like where Sonja and her grandparents lived?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dr. Gantz had to testify several times before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). Why was he brought before the HUAC? How did the committee deny his freedom and personal liberties as a citizen of the United States?

Essay Topic 2

Bertha and George Green were married. How would you describe their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Innuendo involves using veiled remarks or suggestions to hint at information without stating it directly. It might be used to subtly talk about sexual, offensive, or derogatory subjects. How is innuendo used in When Women Were Dragons to discuss dragoning and dragons?

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