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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 happens to Grace when she gets out of prison?

2. What does Dr. Jordan ask Grace after Dupont hypnotizes her that makes Grace lash out at him?

3. What does Sally tell Grace when Grace asks her about going to work at the Kinnears?

4. What does Grace say when the governor’s wife calls her by name?

5. What happens when McDermott shoots the gun at Grace?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jeremiah get Grace away from the implement dealer?

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

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

4. What is Grace’s response to McDermott’s assertion about Nancy’s death?

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

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

7. What does Grace tell Dr. Jordan about her birthday and what does Jeremiah ask her a few days after her birthday?

8. What does McDermott say to Grace when he comes in her room after she wakes?

9. What does Jamie Walsh say at Grace’s trial that hurts her chances of acquittal?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

Define plot and include the definitions of the most important elements of a plot. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Alias Grace, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot? Give a brief synopsis of any important sub-plots.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Alias Grace. Trace and analyze one major theme of Alias Grace. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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