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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 is Annie's observation when she sees the dead girl who is her own age?

2. Why won't Annie let her mother touch her?

3. How does Annie feel in response to her teacher's reaction to the first essay she wrote in Chapter 3?

4. What does Annie's mother teach her at the market?

5. What does Annie accidentally see that disturbs her greatly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Annie's belief regarding dead people in Chapter 1?

2. What news is given by the teacher in Chapter 3 that delights Annie?

3. Why does Annie begin sneaking to funerals?

4. Briefly tell what Annie's essay is about in Chapter 3.

5. Name three "firsts" that Annie experiences in Chapter 3.

6. What does Annie tell her father she wants in Chapter 6?

7. What is Annie required to copy as her punishment in Chapter 5 and how much time is she given?

8. Why does Annie write the trouble-causing comment in Chapter 5?

9. How do the girls learn about Annie's menstruation?

10. Describe the Red Girl's appearance.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of Milton's Paradise Lost to the theme of Annie John and to Annie's punishment given by her school's headmistress.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Annie's mother from what you know, not from what Annie has said about her.

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of Gwen in the novel? How does her role change over the course of the story?

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