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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 Janie daydream about changing her name to?

2. What group does Hannah join, as stated in chapter nine?

3. What does Mrs. Shields say about Janie's parents when Janie asks her about them?

4. In which chapter does Janie have her most vivid memory?

5. In chapter two, Janie has a strange flashback of a strange woman. In the flashback, where is the strange woman leading Janie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the school trip to Spain?

2. How does Reeve's and Janie's relationship grow in chapter two?

3. What leads Janie to start looking in the attic in chapter seven?

4. What does Janie realize about her parents' fears in chapter nine?

5. Explain what the tarnished white dress symbolizes.

6. Why is Janie reluctant to make conversation with her parents at dinner in chapter eight?

7. Describe Janie's appearance and how it relates to the title of the book.

8. Explain Janie's stint, in an attempt to make Reeve jealous at the Honors breakfast.

9. Describe the 'daymare' that Janie has while getting ice cream with Reeve in chapter two.

10. Explain how the theme of Janie's parents' secrecy thickens in chapter seven.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does food act as a symbol of the status of the family unit throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Does Janie seem to desire a relationship with her real family? Or is it just knowledge of the truth she desires? Explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 3

Janie's thoughts about the milk carton are constantly plaguing her mind, yet she feels as though he cannot confide in anyone. Explain how the milk carton increases the angst and loneliness that a typical teenager feels.

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