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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 has happened to the McGoverns' house?

2. What is a significant difference between war a few years ago and now?

3. What do Florence and Alice see Randy do after Lib leaves?

4. Who shares the income from family holdings with Randy?

5. What does Mark worry the situation in the Middle East is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the Bragg brothers and what are they both doing at the beginning of the book?

2. What kind of encounter does Randy have with Florence and Alice after he is alone the evening of his errands to town?

3. What does "the Day" designate and how important is it to the people of Ft. Repose?

4. Who barges in on Randy after he returns home from his errands in town and what does she say?

5. What does Mark do after his family leaves for Orlando before he reports to work?

6. Who is James Cobb and what is he doing for the Air Force?

7. Where did Randy go after he left the bank and what did he do?

8. What does Edgar Quisenberry do and how does he feel about it?

9. Who's the second person to stop in at Randy's house after he returned from town?

10. Why is Alice late meeting Florence and what ultimately happened?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 1 it may seem that Randy is a developing alcoholic but he says as long as he just enjoys but doesn't crave, he's okay.

1. Do you think people can't be alcoholics if they don't think they are? Why or why not?

2. What do you think are the symptoms of alcoholism?

3. Do you think if someone has a drink in the morning that makes him/her an alcoholic? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

A civilization takes many things for granted but realizes their value only in their absence.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement from the perspective of the book?

2. What do you think people in present day America take for granted?

3. Describe a time that you or someone you knew lost something or someone that/who was taken for granted.

Essay Topic 3

Bill's nickname is Bigmouth so Randy avoids answering why he buys so much whiskey. Judge Bragg taught him bluffing is okay but lying is not.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement?

2. Do you think there is a difference between "bluffing" and "lying?" Why or why not?

3. Do you think Randy should tell everyone in Ft. Repose the truth instead of trying to hide it?

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