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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 Arthur think of Joan's new book?

2. Who is arrested for murder?

3. Who moves in with Arthur and Joan?

4. Why is Chuck Brewer interested in Arthur?

5. Who does Joan ask to help with her plan to get away?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Joan having trouble writing about her character Charlotte and the ending of her novel?

2. Describe Joan's plan to fake her death.

3. Why does the presence of the strange man who talks with her landlord spur Joan to action?

4. Why is it important that Joan decides to stay and defend herself rather than run?

5. How does Joan react when she reads the newspaper clippings that Sam sends her?

6. In Chapter 31, how is it clear that Joan is beginning to unravel?

7. Describe Joan's inconsistent behavior with the Resurgent group.

8. How does Joan let go of her past?

9. How does Joan take responsibility for her actions when she hears about Sam's arrest?

10. Explain Arthur's response to the publication of Lady Oracle.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Joan's actions that show her as a woman who is independent but also submissive to the men in her life. When she leaves her double life behind, how does she begin to show that she is becoming more assertive?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 8, Joan's mother asks, "What have I ever done to make you behave like this?" when Joan arrives home in a lime green coat covering her substantial bulk. Discuss the reasons Joan uses her weight to taunt her mother and what Joan's mother consistently does to her as a child.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Joan's father. What is her relationship with her father and what is his influence on her as a child?

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