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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 Martha do for a living?

2. What does Jean give to Martha on the spur of the moment when she visits Martha's apartment?

3. In Chapter 10, what is rumored to have delayed the train?

4. Where does Jean work?

5. What does Jean get on her skirt in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jean's first impression of Gretchen?

2. What does Jean give to Martha in Chapter 9, and why?

3. Who does Jean live with?

4. What does Jean tell Howard she did for a time in the war?

5. What does Howard do for a living?

6. What do the doctors do to try to prove or disprove Gretchen's story?

7. What does Jean keep in a drawer, unused?

8. Why does Jean sometimes resent her sister Dorrie?

9. What does Jean think of Margaret when she first meets her?

10. What is the newspaper article in Part I about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where do Jean and Howard seem to feel most comfortable and free with each other, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Chambers describe Jean's relationship to her work at the Kent Echo? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What do the initial reactions to Gretchen's claim of having experienced an immaculate conception reveal about the cultural and social conventions of Chambers's setting for this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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