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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. How long was Alex grounded after her father found her and Sonja in a leaf pile in Chapter 16?
2. Where was the young wife of a former officer in the European Theater during World War II living when she disappeared from a park where her children were playing?
3. In Chapter 17, what material did Bertha use to tie a new knot around Alex's wrist?
4. How old was a teenage boy who accompanied the Girl Guides on a scouting expedition into the Everglades?
5. When did Bertha's cancer return the year Alex was a freshman in high school?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where did Alex keep things from her mother, and what did she keep there?
2. What is known about the Mass Dragoning?
3. When did Professor Gantz witness a dragoning and what was it like?
4. How did George feel when Bertha started gardening?
5. What was Alex's experience when she met a dragon, and what did she learn from the experience?
6. How did a priest stop young women from turning into dragons?
7. What happened to a group of Girl Guides who went on a scouting expedition into the Everglades?
8. What was Alex told about Beatrice after Aunt Marla disappeared?
9. Where did Alex and Beatrice live after their mother died and why?
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
Verisimilitude is a literary device that helps to ensure that fantasy elements in a story are rooted and plausible. How does Barnhill ensure that dragons and dragoning seem realistic and believable in When Women Were Dragons?
Essay Topic 2
Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a novel. How does Barnhill use foreshadowing in When Women Were Dragons? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?
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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