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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 Megan's mother's profession?

2. Where did Bernadette live before moving near Winsome?

3. What is Kate said to teach in Chapter 3?

4. What author is described as Bibi's latest hero in Chapter 4?

5. In what decade was Megan born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Penelope's marriage to Phillip described?

2. How did Grace come to be the mistress of Greenfields?

3. How do Shirley's views about her job change over time?

4. How are the early years of Clovis's and Winsome's marriage described?

5. How did Megan's life change when she was 18?

6. How did Megan's life change when she was 16?

7. How is the theme of prejudice explored through Shirley's character?

8. How did Megan meet Bibi? What was the nature of their early relationship?

9. How is Shirley's relationship with Lennox characterized?

10. How do Shirley and Amma know one another?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of identity as explored in Carole's narrative in Girl, Woman, Other. How does Carole's identity change in the course of her story? Are these changes positive? Why or why not? What does Carole's story say about the nature of identity?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Amma's play The Last Amazon of Dahomey. What is the subject of the work? What are its major themes? Why is the play significant to the plot in Girl, Woman, Other?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of GG/Hattie in Girl, Woman, Other. How does this character's backstory relate to the novel's overarching themes? What is GG/Hattie's greatest secret? Why has she kept this secret?

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