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Oranges are Not the Only Fruit

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Chapter 5: Deuteronomy: the Last Book of Law

Chapter 6: Joshua

Chapter 7: Judges

Chapter 8: Ruth

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Jeanette Winterson

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Why is Jeanette's mother bitter at the Virgin Mary?

(A) Because she thinks the Virgin Mary is prettier than she

(B) Because she thinks that the Virgin Mary does not answer her prayers

(D) Because the Virgin Mary performed an Immaculate Conception before she

When does Jeanette have her first major theological disagreement?

(A) When reading the book of Leviticus at home

(B) When preaching in Blackpool

(D) When listening to the Missionary Service with her mother

Who is Jeanette's first lover?

(A) Katy

(B) Miss Jewsbury

(D) Ida

Which pastor converted Jeanette's mother?

(A) Pastor Spratt

(B) Pastor Bone

(D) Pastor Smith

Where does Jeanette first meet Melanie?

(A) Church

(B) The ice cream shop

(D) The library

In which of the following places does Jeanette work after she leaves home?

(A) A shop for vermin

(B) An elementary school

(D) Another church

Who used to be Jeanette's mother's lover?

(A) Uncle Bill

(B) Joe

(D) Pastor Spratt

Which of the following church members practices numerology?

(A) Mrs. White

(B) Auntie May

(D) Miss Jewsbury

Which of the following church members is a secret lesbian?

(A) Mrs. White

(B) Auntie May

(D) Mrs. Rothwell

What rule does Jeanette's father once violate on Sunday?

(A) Forgetting to pray

(B) Working

(D) Not going to church

What does Jeanette's mother want her to become?

(A) A doctor

(B) A writer

(D) A librarian

Who discovers that Jeanette lost her hearing?

(A) Her mother

(B) Elsie Norris

(D) Jeanette's father

Jeanette's teachers confront her because of which of the following?

(A) Bad grades

(B) Frequent lateness

(D) Unkempt hair

Jeanette decides to initially repent her lesbianism because of which of the following?

(A) She does so in a fever

(B) She is very hungry

(D) She wants to please Melanie

What is Jeanette's mother's favorite novel?

(A) Wuthering Heights

(B) Jane Eyre

(D) Heart of Darkness

What instrument does Miss Jewsbury play?

(A) The trumpet

(B) The oboe

(D) The flute

With whom is Jeanette's second long term relationship?

(A) Mrs. Arkwright

(B) Ida

(D) Winnet Stonejar

Why does Sir Perceval leave King Arthur's castle?

(A) To kill a dragon

(B) To find a wife

(D) To kill an ogre

What fruit does Jeanette's mother feed the converted of African descent?

(A) Apples

(B) Oranges

(D) Bananas

What unholy act do the neighbors commit on a Sunday?

(A) Drinking

(B) Cursing

(D) Taking the Lord's name in vain

What color in Jeanette's demon?

(A) Yellow

(B) Red

(D) Black

What does the gypsy tell Jeanette?

(A) That she will die young

(B) That she will never marry

(D) That she has a long lifeline

Who visited Jeanette frequently in the hospital?

(A) Her mother

(B) Elsie Norris

(D) Melanie

What happens on Jeanette's "awful occasion?"

(A) Her mother beats her

(B) Her birth mother comes to visit

(D) She becomes ill

Why is Jeanette locked in the parlor for thirty-six hours?

(A) So that her lesbian demons will leave her

(B) Because she hit her mother

(D) Because she watched television on a Sunday

Where does Jeanette live at the end of the novel?

(A) At the Morecambe guest house

(B) In the city

(D) With Katy in her caravan

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