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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 many teachers did a newcaster report retired after a small explosion in the teachers' lounge lavatory at Saint Agnes Primary School?
2. What did Alex do with Beatrice's inappropriate drawings and writings?
3. Before the Mass Dragoning of 1955, how many Vassar literature major visited the block where the Feibel-Ross Auxiliary Telephone Exchange Building used to be?
4. How many boxes did Alex take from her old home?
5. When did Mrs. Gyzinska become head librarian and chief commissioner for the county system?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who testified on April 15, 1947 before a subcommittee of a subcommittee of the House Un-America Activities Committee, and what happened to them?
2. When was the last time that Alex saw her father?
3. What were some excuses Alex gave when her father did not attend school functions?
4. Why did Alex think she was told to take calculus again her senior year in high school?
5. What happened when Beatrice nearly dragoned?
6. Who did Alex meet when she went for a walk around midnight in Chapter 24?
7. Why did Alex and Beatrice go back to their old home?
8. What did Alex see after the air raid drill at school?
9. Why was it advantageous for Alex to have Marla hanging around?
10. What happened at prom?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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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