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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. What does Idgie Threadgoode claim to have found inside a hen's egg?

2. Which of the following places is NOT somewhere Smokey worked before becoming homeless.

3. How much did Albert weigh when he was born?

4. Which of the following animals bites Bertha Vick on her bottom in the middle of the night?

5. How does Idgie claim Frank died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Stump turn down Peggy's invitation to attend the Sadie Hawkins Day Dance?

2. Who is Towanda the Avenger?

3. Where does Idgie go when Ruth leaves town?

4. What is life like for Evelyn at the Forever Slim Lodge?

5. How does Idgie respond when the detectives come to town searching for Frank Bennett?

6. How does Geneene respond to Ninny's assumptions about Evelyn's mental state?

7. What practical joke does Idgie play on her customers on April Fool's Day in 1933?

8. How does Idgie react to the news that Ruth is engaged to Frank?

9. How does Willy Boy Peavy die?

10. What argument do Evelyn and Ed get into before Easter Sunday lunch in 1986?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout her childhood, Idgie felt Buddy was the most important person in her life. Describe the character of Buddy Threadgoode. Why were he and Idgie so close as children? What traumatic event eventually split Buddy and Idgie up? How did Idgie react to this event? In what ways does she keep Buddy with her throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout her life, Evelyn worked hard to make sure that no one call her names. Choose at least two major life decisions Evelyn made to please other people and explain Evelyn's motivations in these decisions. Then, explain how Evelyn's life decisions eventually lead to Towanda the Avenger, and explain what Towanda means in Evelyn's life.

Essay Topic 3

When Ruth falls ill with cancer, it forces other characters reconsider their roles or relationship with her. Choose one character whose life changed drastically when Ruth became ill and describe that change. Then, compare and contrast that with the drastic changes another character had to undergo when Ruth became ill. Then, explain how Ruth's illness changed the town and how she became immortalized in death.

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