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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. Which of the following best describes the attitude of Jean's mother when Jean comes back for a visit?

2. Who does Jean meet during a tent mission in Blackpool?

3. Why does Jean say her mother has always given her problems?

4. What is it like for Jean when Melanie visits and kisses her goodbye?

5. What does Jean's visitor tell her while she is locked in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Melanie go, and with whom, after being accused at church? What happens?

2. Describe what happened when Jean's biological mother returned to claim her.

3. While Jean is locked up in her mother's house after being accused of loving Melanie at church, who does Jean talk to and what do they say?

4. Who is a friend to Jean after she is exposed for loving women for the second time? What does she do to help?

5. How and when are Melanie and Jean ousted to the church? What happens?

6. What does the author say about the curious and the collector of curios?

7. What is Jean's mother's reaction to the discovery of Jean's continued interest in women?

8. What happens when Jean returns home for a visit?

9. What happens that makes the sorcerer cast Winnet out?

10. What do the pastor and her mother pinpoint as the culprit for Jean's sexuality?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The action of the novel happens in a community of Pentecostal Evangelists, and the conflict in the story is caused by their beliefs.

Part 1. Who are the Pentecostal Evangelists, and what do they believe in?

Part 2. Have they changed since the 1960s when this story took place?

Part 3. What would it be like to be raised in such a community?

Essay Topic 2

The central themes in the novel deal with sexuality and gender roles.

Part 1. Describe the views that expressed by the members of Jean's church.

Part 2. Analyze the views described. Are they sexist or prejudice?

Part 3. What philosophies exist contrary to this position? What is anti-essentialism?

Part 4. What effect do holding these views have on religious institutions such as Jean's church?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the Biblical books that a chapter of ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT was named after; so Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, or Ruth.

Part 1. Describe the Biblical book, naming the most common references from it.

Part 2. Summarize the activity that happens in the chapter ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT named after that Biblical book.

Part 3. Relate the chapter in the novel to the biblical chapter. What parallels is the book making? What references? How does the biblical chapter add depth to the book?

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