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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 Dr. Jordan bring with him when he talks to Grace shortly before she is hypnotized?

2. Why is Dr. Jordan uncertain about interviewing Mrs. Moodie?

3. What kind of drink does Dr. Jordan keep in the armoire in his room?

4. What does Grace’s lawyer think is the reason Grace never gives Dr. Jordan a straight answer?

5. What is the first area of study in mental illness Dr. Jordan talks about on Tuesday?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Grace say about Nancy and about McDermott after she has been at Kinnear’s a little while?

3. What happens when the governor’s wife calls Grace by name when she is with Dr. Dupont and Dr. Jordan?

4. What does Dr. Dupont do with Grace and what does Grace say when Dr. Jordan asks her if she had sex with McDermott?

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

6. Why is Grace worried about coming to the end of her story?

7. What does Rev. Verringer suggest Dr. Jordan talk about with the Tuesday Circle and why does Verringer suggest this?

8. Why is Dr. Jordan having a difficult time at his rented room?

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

Often, authors will write about what they know, and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Margaret Atwood. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Atwood's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Atwood's probable agenda concerning that idea.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following to discuss:

Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Alias Grace. Are these universal symbols that would have the same meaning in any culture? What other symbols could portray the same idea? Why do you think Atwood chooses the symbols she does? Consider symbols such as the quilts Grace sews, the food items Dr. Jordan brings to Grace and the scrapbook the governor’s wife keeps.

Essay Topic 3

In the era of Grace Mark’s life people in both prisons and insane asylums were put on display for the curious. Atwood says this shows how society views those who are different as objects rather than as human.

Discuss the ways in which Grace is seen as an object in Alias Grace. Use examples from Alias Grace to support your response.

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