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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 Connie realize about Pallas before even Pallas knows?
2. Who is Arnette's maid of honor?
3. What is one possible reason that Menus drinks too much?
4. What was the occupation of the person that raised Lone DuPres?
5. Why does Lone believe that the women of the Convent could not possibly be responsible for the handicaps of the Fleetwood children?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Arnette and Soane have in common in terms of being parents?
2. What does Deek believe that the tea that Connie gave Soane causes, and why is this ironic?
3. What do the women of the Convent do after Connie draws their outlines on the basement floor?
4. What were the circumstances surrounding Ruby Best's death?
5. How has Patricia's genealogy project turned into a way for her to express her negative view of the people of Ruby?
6. Why does Gigi receive fifty dollars for the box she finds under the bathtub?
7. What was Pallas Truelove's situation before she arrived at the Convent?
8. Why do some people believe that Senior Pullman's negative remarks are directed at Richard Misner?
9. Why does Lone believe that the men of Ruby want to get rid of the women at the Convent?
10. How do the women react to Lone's warning that men are coming to harm them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The novel does not have a simply linear plot progression. Describe the novel's plot progression and what effect this has on the reader.
Essay Topic 2
Describe the point of view in the novel "Paradise". Does the story come from a single narrator or multiple narrators? Does the point of view remain the same throughout the novel, or does it change, and what effect does this have on the story?
Essay Topic 3
Do you believe that Mavis' family really intended or even wanted to kill her? Could there be another reason for Mavis believing that her family wanted to kill her?
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