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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 had Don given Viv just the week before?

2. How did her mentors learn that Viv was leaving school?

3. Where is the establishment in #91 located?

4. What does Canoe serve that the women and girls devour?

5. What do the women drink after the photographer leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What topics do the women discuss in their group meeting today?

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3. Why are the women meeting at the hospice?

4. How did Viv sell herself out by giving in to societal norms?

5. Why will the women spend Christmas at the hospice?

6. What was Viv's decision-making process about her life's direction?

7. How does the author exhibit the circle of life in this section?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the nature of this book and why the author created it the way she did. Why did she choose to create a collection of short stories to tell the women's stories? Is it effective? How is it different from reading a regular novel? How is it the same?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study on Canoe. 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?

Essay Topic 3

As you might expect from the title, the author provides the perspective of how girls and women view the world. Choose two situations in the book which also involve men or boys and create a brief synopsis of how the males viewed the same situations.

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