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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 Della Rae considered a "dirty girl"?
2. What does Judd say about setting down the truth of this story?
3. Who does Corrine depend on to tell her when there are problems or "situations" with her children?
4. What does Patrick tell Judd when he asks why their father hates Marianne?
5. What does Corrine say leads her mother and her to safety in the snow storm?
Short Essay Questions
1. Judd happens upon his father talking to his older brothers about some kind of secret. What is the discussion about and what is the significance of the discussion?
2. When Patrick speaks on the phone with his sister Marianne, what might be said about the background noise that is taking place at her end of the line?
3. After Corrine learns her daughter had been raped, what does she think about doing to cover for Marianne missing school?
4. What role does Marianne's brother Patrick play the night of the Valentine's Dance that haunts him years after that night?
5. In the chapter, "Imminent Mortality", how does Michael Sr. react to the news that his daughter has been raped?
6. What does Judd reveal in the extremely short chapter, "Gone?"
7. Why is Michael Sr. obsessed with finding the right lawyer for a lawsuit, and what is he actually suing for?
8. What is the purpose of putting a lewd drawing on the seat of Marianne's chair in French class, and what happens because of it?
9. What kind of relationship does Michael Sr. have with his own father?
10. In the chapter, "Every Heartbeat," what is it that Judd suddenly realizes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what way is Mike Jr.'s leaving different from the way Michael Sr. left his family when he was a teen? In what ways is it the same?
Essay Topic 2
Why is Marianne drawn to the Green Isle Co-Op to the point that she is willing to give up her college education to work more there? Is the Co-Op filling some kind of void in her life? Is it the feeling of accomplishment? In contrast, why does Patrick feel so negatively about Marianne working at the Co-Op? Does he think she is too good to work while in college? What seems to upset him the most?
Essay Topic 3
Have the students consider Marianne's reaction to the gray animal hit by the car and why she reacted the way she did. It was more than her love for animals. There is a name for it, though the medical profession was just beginning to understand it at the time this story took place. Explain what happened.
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