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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. Several neighbors turn out to help ___________ at Harold's place as Harold is injured and unable to do the work himself.

2. What does Ty really want from Ginny when he visits her at the restaurant on her birthday, even though he is nice to her?

3. The lawsuit of Caroline and Larry against Ty and Ginny, Rose and Pete is found to be __________ by the judge.

4. Rose knows that __________ sees her differently than other men see her and that their physical attraction will fade in time.

5. What is the plant Ginny decides to use in order to help poison Rose so that she can finally escape the farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ginny do in order to attempt to poison her sister, Rose?

2. What happens when Pete gets drunk in Mason City and drives over to threaten Harold?

3. What does Rose let Ginny know in a short note she receives while Ginny is in her new place?

4. When Ginny is hiding in a dressing room, what does she overhear Larry say about her and Rose?

5. What was the one thing, Ginny thinks, her father had stolen from her in her life and in her marriage?

6. What does Mr. Cartier tell Ginny and Rose, Pete and Ty to do in order to keep up with their case?

7. What does Ginny do after asking Ty for $1000 and receiving that money from him?

8. What does Ginny do between shifts at her new job as a waitress?

9. What did Pete tell Rose the week before when she told him about her affair with Jess?

10. Where does Ginny decide to swim in order to clear her mind and to get away from others?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Much of the novel is sad, depressing, and perhaps even tragic. However, in the face of all this tragedy, it is hard to begin to see who might have suffered more.

Part 1: Describe the tragedy of one character in this story. How has his/her past and/or present pain changed him/her?

Part 2: Do you think it's possible to avoid tragedy in this story? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why do you think the author focused so much on the tragedy of the characters in this story?

Essay Topic 2

Rose seems to have a very simple way of dealing with the abuse of her father, but Ginny wants to go deeper with the explanation.

Part 1: What do you think of Rose's explanation that Larry did what he did because he could?

Part 2: What do you think of Ginny's quest to learn more about Larry's motivations to abuse them?

Part 3: Do you think Rose can ever come to peace with her past in the limited explanation she has accepted? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Between Rose's cancer and Ginny's infertility, it seems that maybe there is a genetic or environmental issue at work that might be harming these women.

Part 1: Do you think the farm's chemicals are what are causing the troubles for the women in this story? Why or why not?

Part 2: What does it say about these women that they don't leave, even though the environment might be making them sick?

Part 3: What does it say about Caroline that she is the 'well one' and she left the farm? Should the others have left the farm as well?

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