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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 did Bertha work when she graduated from college?

2. Where did Bertha begin sleeping in Chapter 14?

3. How many days after Professor Gantz wrote A Brief History of Dragons, were all but one copy of the book destroyed?

4. By the time Alex was finishing seventh grade, how much of the backyard at her home was garden?

5. Where was Marya Tilman from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Sonja?

2. How did Alex's father feel about his wife's accomplishments?

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

4. What is known about the Mass Dragoning?

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

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

7. What was reported about Marya Tilman's dragoning?

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

9. What happened to a group of Girl Guides who went on a scouting expedition into the Everglades?

10. When did Professor Gantz witness a dragoning and what was it like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Barnhill reveals Alex’s life during pivotal times. How do the events in When Women Were Dragons help Alex mature and grow in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

The scientific method is a step-by-step process scientists use to learn how the world works. It is a process of asking and testing questions to determine if theories about the world are accurate. How was the scientific method used and abused in When Women Were Dragons?

Essay Topic 3

Gender roles are expectations and behaviors a society has for people based on their gender—male or female. In When Women Were Dragons, gender roles force women to play subservient roles and limit the opportunities they have to direct their lives. How do gender roles affect women and girls in the novel?

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