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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. Where does Boudreaux have to dump the stumps?

2. Where is Boudreaux shot?

3. What does Winfield do the day after visiting Miss Sarah's?

4. What drug does Winfield take on the train back to Nashville?

5. Why does Winfield say he wants Hunnicut out of his room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Boudreaux die?

2. Describe Wally's character?

3. What advice does the doctor give Winfield?

4. How does Boudreaux escape the workhouse?

5. Describe Broussard's first morning of freedom.

6. How does Broussard meet Suzanne again?

7. How did April respond to drug therapy treatment?

8. What does Broussard's parole officer tell him in this section?

9. How does Winfield spend his first afternoon in his home town?

10. How does Suzanne live her life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What contributes to Winfield's downfall? How could Winfield and the people around have prevented his downfall?

Essay Topic 2

What effect do the following people have on Winfield's life?

1. Hunnicut.

2. April.

3. His sister.

4. Lanagan.

5. Elgin.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

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