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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. Clem’s girlfriend Sharon is how many inches shorter than he is?

2. What is the name of the psychiatrist whom Marion goes to for counseling?

3. What is Marion’s job at the Safeway Supermarket?

4. What does Bradley tell Marion that made it difficult for him to continue the love affair?

5. What two holy men talk about God to Perry at the Haefle party?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Judson treated as a character in the novel?

2. Why does Marion believe that her “acting had mesmerized Bradley Grant,” and does this make her more like her actress sister Shirley?

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

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

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

6. Why does Perry want to join the Crossroads group, and why does Ambrose tell Becky he disapproves of Perry joining?

7. What is the “humiliation” that Russ suffered on the first mission trip to Arizona with the Crossroads group of teens?

8. What effect does the author present by mentioning Russ’s “humiliation” in the early pages of the book, but not explaining what happened for several hundred pages into the reading?

9. Why did Perry and other teenagers at the Haefle party sneak and drink the adult vodka mixed drink gløgg?

10. Why does Shirley give $13,000 to Becky in a will as an inheritance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on why you think that the author named the book Crossroads, as well as what type of crossroads the main characters faced in their lives in the course of the book.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay detailing the reasons why Marion released Russ to be happy on his own and pursue a relationship with Frances. Why was Marion happy that Russ was trying to have an affair with Frances?

Essay Topic 3

Compose an essay that explains the details of Russ’s humiliation, focusing on what happened, what characters were involved in the event, and what was the aftermath of the humiliation on Russ’s work as a pastor, his family and his life in general.

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