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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 9 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what way does Seraphina feel her children are like their father?
2. What does Seraphina do after reading the email from one of the nannies?
3. What does one of the women who visits Hadley say about the practice of borrowing babies?
4. What is Seraphina's husband's name?
5. What does Seraphina accuse her husband of when he suggests she is angry?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does borrowing a baby make Hadley feel about her lot in life?
2. Who comes to Hadley's apartment after she arrives with Gemma and where are they from?
3. How does Paul behave around Seraphina?
4. How does Seraphina feel about her life as a mother?
5. How does Seraphina discover her nannies are gone and how does she react?
6. Why does Hadley consider running away with Gemma when she takes her from the library?
7. Why do the women who come to Hadley's apartment say they think she is one of them?
8. What does one of the woman who comes to Hadley's apartment say to Hadley when she says that borrowing a baby is not a crime?
9. Describe Hadley's experience at the library when she looks for a baby to borrow.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Roxane Gay's language style and word choice in "Graceful Burdens." What are some words that stand out to you and why? What words are repeated? What words are most impactful? Explain your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring the significance the lending library has on the story "Graceful Burdens." Why do you think the author, Roxane Gay, chose this to support the story's themes? What other ways could the themes of gender and control be portrayed in this type of story?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Roxane Gay's “Graceful Burdens.” Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes of control, gender, and freedom.
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