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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 Aunt Emily feel towards John?

2. What does Kate insist on when she marries John?

3. What does Kate wish for for John?

4. What does being in New Orleans do to Kate's life?

5. Who does John call instead of Kate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is interesting about the marriage?

2. What does the reader learn about Kate in this section?

3. What has happened since John last saw Kate?

4. Why is Aunt Emily upset with John at the beginning of the chapter?

5. How does John treat Kate?

6. Why does Kate want to go to Chicago with John?

7. How does Kate react to the test?

8. Who does John decide to call after he is done speaking with his aunt on the phone?

9. Why does John flirt with Joyce?

10. What does Kate think the worst that can happen to John is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kate claims that she wanted to feel numb when she took all the sleeping pills. Compare the feeling of numbness with the excitement that Kate feels when she goes to Chicago.

As the novel ends, does Kate give up on her search for independence? Or is she only willing to have a certain kind of independence?

Essay Topic 2

1. How is the theme of money inadvertently explored throughout the book?

2. John's family seems to be a staple of New Orleans society. How does having money make the family influential to the rest of the community?

Essay Topic 3

Which theme did you think was the most important in the book?

Describe the theme and give three examples of times that it is explored by the characters in the novel.

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