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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 do the soldiers start doing to the angels when they can not find the rest of the goats?
2. What is Juicy's real name?
3. Which of the angels was once a sous-chef?
4. Where are the soldiers living?
5. Where does Burl decide to take the teenagers when they cannot find a passable road to Juicy's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the farm feel to Evie when they first get there in Chapter 5?
2. What does Jack tell Darla he has figured out about the Bible in Chapter 7?
3. What alarming news does David get from the great house about the parents in Chapter 5?
4. Why do Sukey and her mother come back to the farm in Chapter 6?
5. What saves the crew at the farm from the soldiers?
6. What natural phenomenon does Evie and the rest of the crew at the farm see in Chapter 5 that is highly unusual for that time of year and the location?
7. What does Burl tell the teenagers about the state of the outside world when he leaves for diapers and baby formula?
8. What shocks the teenagers about Sukey's mother when she appears at the farm to collect Sukey?
9. What is one reason the crew at the farm gives up keeping watch?
10. Who does Evie credit with saving them from the great house and leading them to the farm, and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Millet treat the theme of sex from a coming-of-age point of view throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
How would you characterize Millet's description of the summer house in the first half of the novel? Why do you think she mentions it was built by robber barons in the nineteenth century, and what is the significance of this detail, as well as other details about its luxurious excess? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Which specific details and plot events of Millet's are the most effective in communicating the nature of the relationship between the parents and the teenagers throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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