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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 did Janice decide was bad for her?

2. What does Nelson call Ma Springer?

3. What film does Cindy ask Harry if he has seen?

4. Why did Ma Springer have to use the good china?

5. What does Harry think his wife and their friends will tease him about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to Janice's Maverick?

2. Why does Nelson like Pru?

3. What do Nelson and Pru talk about in Ma Springer's big Chrysler?

4. How does Harry cope with sailing the tiller?

5. Why does Harry not talk to the Murketts and the Fosnachts at the wedding reception?

6. What does Harry remember about his bedside table drawer?

7. What does Ma Springer call the family into the living room to talk about?

8. How does Pru injure herself?

9. What do Pru and Nelson do in Brewer?

10. How does Harry react when he sees Charlie back at work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

The Rabbit books greatly influenced modern literature. Choose a book that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss its similarities with the novel in terms of the following:

1) Plot

2) Character

3) Themes.

Essay Topic 3

What major events had a profound effect on Rabbit's life and how did they change him? What does Rabbit still have to learn by the end of the book?

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