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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 did August tell Peters he would do?

2. Who is Johan?

3. What is the name of the man August recognized from his childhood?

4. Who asks August to take the minutes?

5. What does Scarface Janz want to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What images did the women draw, and why?

2. Where has August been living?

3. What goals do the women want to achieve by leaving the colony?

4. According to Peters, why were the women attacked?

5. What happened to the women in the colony?

6. Who will decide what the women do?

7. Why did August come back to the colony?

8. What resulted from the initial vote among women?

9. Why was Ona a target for the rapists?

10. Why did Miep not receive medical treatment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As mothers, what complexities must the women in Women Talking contend with? What are the broader implications of this situation?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Toews chose August as the narrator of this story? What perspective does he add to the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two characters to compare and contrast. What opinions do they share? In what ways are they different? How does each character contribute a voice to the narrative?

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