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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. Who was hired at the church first as an associate pastor?

2. Who does Marion tell her therapist Russ is having an extra-marital affair with?

3. Who sells Larry the marijuana that his mother finds in his bedroom?

4. When Clem is stressed about college school work, what does he do instead of studying?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does Marion call Shirley’s acting insignificant, by referring to her as a “pretty face who memorized lines”?

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

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

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

6. What happens when Marion tells her therapist, Sophie, about the abortion that Marion had tried to have when she was younger?

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

8. Why does Perry say that he is “damned” at the Haefle party, when he gets caught getting drunk by his mother?

9. Why does Marion still feel obsessed with Bradley 30 years after their love affair?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring how Russ’s early years as a Mennonite helped to shape his ideas of forgiveness of sin for himself and for his wife Marion, who was raised as a Catholic.

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

Write an essay on why Russ ran away from Frances when they were smoking marijuana in her kitchen, when she was obviously trying to get him in the mood to have sex. It was what Russ had said he had wanted from Frances, but why did he fail to have sex with her in her house, when given the chance? What did this say about Russ’s character and integrity?

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