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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 was wrong with Klaas?

2. What song do the women sing first on June 7?

3. How many children do Klaas and Mariche have?

4. Who followed Autje and Neitje to the hayloft?

5. Who is described as starting as the "devil's daughter" and turning into "God's most precious child" (198)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Agata do with Klaas's buggy?

2. Why did the women tell Klaas they were making a quilt?

3. According to August, what should he have kept to himself in jail?

4. Why are the women unable to interpret the Bible?

5. Why did August go to jail?

6. How does Klaas insult August's masculinity?

7. Why did the women decide to take only the boys younger than 15?

8. According to Agata, why should the manifesto not be revolutionary?

9. According to Agata, why is leaving the best option?

10. Why does Klaas ignore Ona?

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

Analyze the ways in which Women Talking highlights the struggle of women in the Mennonite community to reclaim agency over their bodies and lives. Draw parallels to another text you have read.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the portrayal of Mennonite culture and beliefs in the novel. In what ways are the women empowered in this book? How are they at a disadvantage?

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