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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 street did Alex used to live on?

2. What was the name of the other dragon on the street when Marla showed up at Alex's apartment for the first time?

3. What was the name Mr. Alphonse's secretary in Chapter 20?

4. When did Dr. Gantz publish a pamphlet called, "Some Basic Facts About Dragons" (161)?

5. How long did after Alex's graduation from high school did George agree to pay for rent on the apartment Alex and Beatrice were living in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Alex do with her mother's things that she brought home from her old house?

2. What were students to do during an air raid drill?

3. Why was it advantageous for Alex to have Marla hanging around?

4. What happened at prom?

5. What did Alex see after the air raid drill at school?

6. What did a group of 25 literature major from Vassar College do the day before the Mass Dragoning of 1955?

7. When was the last time that Alex saw her father?

8. What dragonings occurred when Dr. Gantz was studying a group of Women Airforce Service Pilots?

9. What did Marla tell Alex about dragoning when she appeared outside the apartment for the first time?

10. What would Beatrice do when Alex spent long hours at the library nearly daily?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dialogue tags help identify who is speaking in a written conversation in a novel. What would happen if dialogue tags were never used to identify who is speaking in a written conversation? What are some common dialogue tags used to identify speakers in a written conversation in When Women Were Dragons? What descriptive dialogue tags has Barnhill used, especially in Chapter 26? How do those dialogue tags help readers imagine scenes? How do they add another layer of description?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is the place or places where a story happens. Where does When Women Were Dragons take place? How do characters, especially Alex, feel about the place and why?

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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