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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Becky do to express her growing feelings for Tanner?
(a) She writes him a letter.
(b) She writes him a poem.
(c) She dedicates a song on a radio station to him.
(d) She sings him a song.

2. What does Laura Dobrinksy call Russ in relation to his ministering?
(a) A dimwit.
(b) A darling.
(c) A dork.
(d) A dummy.

3. When the novel begins, Russ’s humiliation happened how many years earlier?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. Why does Russ have an accident in his car when he is with Frances?
(a) He is distracted lusting after Frances.
(b) He is distracted by a bicyclist.
(c) He is distracted by a snowstorm.
(d) He is distracted yelling at Frances.

5. When Marion looks in the mirror, what does she think she is in regard to her weight?
(a) Overweight.
(b) Anorexic.
(c) Bodybuilder.
(d) Underweight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the desk photo of the wife of Bradley look like to Marion?

2. What does Perry sell at school to the seventh-grade students?

3. Who is the young widow in the church congregation?

4. When Clem was growing up, he says that his father used to yell at him but did not do what?

5. The novel Crossroads begins in what city?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Frances and Russ ignore Pastor Theo Crenshaw’s advice to leave the neighborhood boy Ronnie alone?

2. Marion always said that Shirley had no use for women, and only wanted men in her life. How does Marion end up being the same way in her own life?

3. Why does Russ refuse to talk to Ambrose after Russ’s humiliation event?

4. Why does Marion still feel guilty for her father’s suicide?

5. What happens to Sharon when Clem breaks up with him?

6. Why did Russ not appreciate Marion’s loyalty to him in regard to her also not liking Ambrose?

7. Why does Clem feel that he has exhausted his relationship with Becky?

8. What was Frances Cottrell’s marriage like to her husband before he died?

9. Why does Becky say that Shirley’s death was like that of Eleanor Rigby?

10. Why does Russ wear his old work coat when he is around Frances?

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