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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 does Grace realize when she sees Dr. Jerome Dupont?

2. With whom is Dr. Dupont staying near the prison?

3. Why is Dr. Jordan going to Toronto?

4. What song is Grace singing the first time Dr. Jordan hears her sing?

5. What does Grace do in the morning at the governor’s house at the beginning of Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Grace say about Nancy Montgomery’s appearance when Grace meets Nancy?

2. What does Grace plan to do when McDermott and she arrive in Lewiston and what changes her plan?

3. Why is Dr. Jordan upset when he leaves the governor’s house at the beginning of Chapter 7?

4. What does Grace say McDermott says about what he thinks Nancy and Kinnear deserve?

5. What happens when McDermott threatens Grace with a gun?

6. What does Dr. Jordan say McDermott said about the murders and what is Grace’s response?

7. Where does Nancy ask Grace to go with her and what does she lend her for the occasion?

8. What does Grace say is how Kinnear gets killed?

9. What does Nancy say about her situation when she offers Grace a job?

10. Where does McDermott kill Nancy and what does Grace say he says to Grace?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an important part of what makes Alias Grace interesting. Discuss the following:

Thoroughly discuss and analyze Grace Marks. What are her strengths and weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she usually likable? Seldom likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas. Use the same criteria to thoroughly discuss and analyze Dr. Jordan.

Essay Topic 2

Grace seems to make several bad decisions in her life which lead to her ending up in prison.

Discuss, in depth, two decisions Grace makes which you think might have changed the course of her life if she had made a different choice. Use examples from Alias Grace to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

Much of what is in Alias Grace is based on historical documents, but Alias Grace is a work of fiction.

In real life, the character of Dr. Jordan does not exist. He is introduced by Atwood and plays a large role in the book. Discuss three purposes you think the character of Dr. Jordan has in Alias Grace.

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