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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. Who does Ginny ask to pick her up from Helen's house?

2. What cycle does Grandma say Ginny's mother was trying to end?

3. What does Grandma say Ginny's mother used to steal Tony away from Janet?

4. What does Ginny want to apologize to Joe about?

5. What does Ginny's grandmother call her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ginny's three pronged mission?

2. Why does Ginny think art is a disease?

3. What does the returning of Joe's jacket symbolize for Ginny?

4. Why does Ginny get angry when she goes to see Helen?

5. How does Ginny persuade Joe to give her his jacket?

6. Why can't Ginny feel anger towards her father?

7. Why is it ironic that Ginny tells lies to get into the art gallery?

8. How does Ginny's mother react when they meet?

9. What does the Death of Colonel Paul painting symbolize?

10. What does Ginny find out about Joe Chicago in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the book.

How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 2

What is Ginny's relationship with her father/ How does the relationship with her father change? Discuss whether you think her relationship with her father is stronger or weaker by the end of the book.

Essay Topic 3

How does Ginny use art to cope with her problems? How does Ginny's idea art develop through the book and what does this symbolize in terms of her own character and what she has learned?

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