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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. Who is Louella running away from?

2. Where has Louella found a singing job?

3. What nickname does Mr. Greher call July after Jonathan dies?

4. After learning the baby has died, how does July feel?

5. Whose wedding has July recently attended in the epilogue?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the distance between the Jones and Greher families evident at the picnic?

2. Why does July begin to find it hard to carry on her correspondence with Horace?

3. What does Mrs. Greher criticize Bo Jo for when she invites July to Sunday dinner? How does July later use this criticism against Bo Jo?

4. Why is Louella in a happy mood when she comes to visit July?

5. How does July's ongoing correspondence with Horace finally come to an end?

6. Who sends July a letter, and what does she initially plan to send as a response?

7. What does Louella tell July when she shows up at her door with a suitcase in hand?

8. What does Louella tell July in the letter that she sends her?

9. What does July realize was the real reason Bo Jo was in a bad mood when she returned from visiting Louella?

10. Why does July want to invite Bo Jo to her family's annual picnic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "Mr and Mrs Bo Jo Jones." Is family important to July? How does her family influence her decision-making and her relationship with Bo Jo? How does Bo Jo's family influence him? How does July's family take the news of her pregnancy and marriage?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret at least three of the secondary characters of the novel. What sort of relationships do these characters have with the protagonist of the novel? Do they have a significant role in the novel? Why or why not? Do these characters influence July in any aspect?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the conclusion of the novel "Mr and Mrs Bo Jo Jones." How does the novel conclude? Is it a happy ending for July? Why or why not? Is the ending believable? Why or why not?

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