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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 Viv refer to Big Ben as?

2. Why does the photographer return to the house?

3. Where do the women assemble for their meeting?

4. Who is the child-rearing expert most trusted by the women?

5. What happens while Louise is having her photos taken?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the metaphor of the fox and the foxhunt.

2. Describe the sad Christmas spent by the women at the hospice.

3. How does Viv reconcile leaving school and getting married?

4. Who is the popular child-rearing expert whose advice the women closely follow?

5. What is Canoe's latest initiative for the women?

6. What does Louise share about Him trying to escape from the Center?

7. What do the women mean about the beginning of the end?

8. How do the women feel about their lives since giving birth to their daughters?

9. Why are the women meeting at the hospice?

10. What is the significance of the girls flirting with the boys in the park?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the taboo of homosexuality in the 1950s. Why would Viv's friends consider her ex-husband, Clark, to be less of a person because of his presumed homosexuality? How does the group of women accept the lesbian relationship of Carmen and Suzie several years later?

Essay Topic 2

Who are the warriors in the chapter entitled "Warriors"? Is it immediately clear who they are? Why does the author call them by this name? What battle are they waging? Are they winning the war? Are there any characters who do not fall into the category of warriors? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study on Esther. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point in her life?

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