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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. In whose house does Celestine give birth?

2. What kind of car is Karl driving in chapter 15?

3. For whom is Jude Miller searching in chapter 14?

4. What is Mary making at the beginning of chapter 13?

5. What does Mary find in Sita's flour canister?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Karl rescue Wallace Pfef from the dunk tank at the Beet Festival?

2. Describe Sita's hallucination in chapter 8.

3. What is Celestine's opinion of Mary's cooking, as stated in chapter 11? Why does she hold this opinion?

4. Describe the setting of "Russell's Night" in chapter 8.

5. Describe Dot's appearance in costume as Joseph.

6. What happens between Mary and Mrs. Shumway in chapter 10?

7. Describe Dot's appearance during the Beet Festival.

8. Describe Wallace Pfef's experience in organizing the Beet Festival.

9. What was Wallace Pfef's "private disaster" during the Christmas play, as mentioned in chapter 12? Why does he describe it that way?

10. Why does Jude Miller come to Argus in chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe in detail Adelaide's character and the way she interacts with the various characters. Which characters does she love? Which characters does she feel able to abandon? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the differences in the author's writing style between when she is emphasizing setting and when she is emphasizing plot.

Essay Topic 3

Choose a device from the novel that propels the plot forward. How does it work? What action does it bring about? What are other possible plot lines that the device could have brought about? Explain.

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