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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. When did Dr. Gantz testify in 1960 before the House Committee on Un-American Activities?
2. When activists invaded a secretive House Subcommittee on Compensation and Resolution in January 1956, where did reports of the standoff appear in the newspaper?
3. When did Bertha's cancer return the year Alex was a freshman in high school?
4. How long after Alex's mother died did she and Beatrice meet Miss Olson?
5. How many American women became dragons in 1955?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Bertha die?
2. What happened at a Los Angeles bar in 1959?
3. What was Alex's punishment after Sonja was sent away?
4. What was the house like where Sonja and her grandparents lived?
5. What happened to a group of Girl Guides who went on a scouting expedition into the Everglades?
6. Who was Sonja Blomgren?
7. What is known about the Mass Dragoning?
8. What was reported about Marya Tilman's dragoning?
9. How did George feel when Bertha started gardening?
10. Where did Alex keep things from her mother, and what did she keep there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In a patriarchal society, men are in authority and control what women and girls can and cannot do. Society in When Women Were Dragons is a patriarchal society. How does that create obstacles in the lives of women and girls, and how might the restrictions of society influence the phenomenon of dragoning?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of When Women Were Dragons?
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