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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. Why is Lily so glad to feel the warmth of the Winthrop kitchen?

2. What does Mookie tell Lily about the bomb?

3. Who is Mookie connected to as Lily discovers?

4. What does Lanette tell Lily at the church?

5. What comment had Carrie made about the bombing that Lily thinks about while cleaning Deedra's?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lily handle the men who come to her door looking for Jack?

2. What happens to Marie, and how is Lily involved?

3. Why has Lily chosen Shakespeare as her home?

4. What do Lily and Carrie discuss when Lily goes to the clinic to clean?

5. What does the reader discover about Lily's past in Chapter Four, and what affect does it have on her relationships with men?

6. Where does Lily run into the man with the ponytail throughout Chapter Four?

7. What part does Lanette Glass play in the meeting at Golgotha Church?

8. What realizations does Lily come to while cleaning Mookie Preston's house?

9. Who has been chasing Jack and why and what have they done to him? Where does Jack run to to take cover after he runs in Chapter Six?

10. Explain the conversation that takes place between Lanette and Lily in the church.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Tom David Meicklejohn the worst character of the novel? Does he redeem himself in the end? Defend your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How does Jack's character affect the town of Shakespeare's residents? Does the town benefit from his being there, or does he make matters worse?

Essay Topic 3

How is the relationship between Lily and Jack unhealthy? What do they both bring to the relationship that needs to be emotionally evaluated before they begin a new relationship?

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