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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. Russ tells Ambrose he hated him so much, who else did Russ start to hate on account of these feelings for Russ?

2. Becky calls Tanner’s girlfriend what nickname?

3. What is Marion doing at the house when Clem comes home to see her?

4. Who tells the teens that Becky was in Tanner’s van kissing him the night before?

5. Who tells Russ to go to Tuba City to help the Navajos there make a better life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Russ’s relationship with Rick Ambrose goes from love, to hate to love over the course of the novel.

2. Where does Russ get his morals and values from his upbringing?

3. Why does Clem hate Russ for not going to war when he was at an age to do so?

4. Why did Frances tell Russ that she has to quit the Tuesday Circle group at the church?

5. Why does Marion want to confess her unrequited love of Bradley to her son Perry?

6. What does Marion plan to achieve by going to Kitty’s house on Maple Street to confront her?

7. What does Marion say to Clem when he says that he is going into the military to go to the Vietnam War?

8. Why does Charlie Durochie call Russ a nickname while he worked on the Navajo lands, and what was the story behind it?

9. Why does Marion keep her father’s suicide away from her kids?

10. What embarrassing event happened to Russ at the Navajo dancing ceremony?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay as to why Becky felt throughout most of the novel that her parents were working in concert to ruin her life. All teens may feel this way from time to time, but what concrete evidence did Becky have that her parents were out to get her and make her perpetually unhappy?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on why Clem lost respect for his father Russ during the Arizona church mission trip which sparked Russ’s humiliation. Had Clem been losing trust and respect for Russ leading up to this event? Cite specific examples as to why Clem stopped all communication with his father over the course of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that lists all of the illegal actions of Perry throughout the book. Why did his parents never punish him or intervene, even when they caught him selling drugs to school-aged children? Be specific.

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