76 pages 2 hours read

Margaret Atwood

Alias Grace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

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Parts I-IV, Chapters 1-11

1. What color are the peonies Grace hallucinates in the prison yard?

A) yellow

B) white

C) pink

D) red

2. How did Grace know Thomas Kinnear and Nancy Montgomery? (short answer)

3. According to the poem about the murders of Nancy Montgomery and Thomas Kinnear, why did McDermott kill Kinnear?

A) because Grace was in love with Kinnear

B) because Kinnear suspected him of killing Nancy

C) because Kinnear was planning to dismiss him

D) because Grace asked him to

4. Which of the following ideas best explains the significance of the scrapbooks that Grace views in the Governor’s house?

A) They engage in deliberate falsehood.

B) They document the effects of gender norms on women.

C) They imply that memory is a construction.

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