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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. Which of Russ’s parents forgave his maternal grandfather for his transgressions?

2. Where were Russ and Marion married for the wedding ceremony?

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

4. What does Perry tell Larry to steal from his mother’s house for them to enjoy together?

5. How does the agent describe Becky as looking to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Russ go instead of joining the military in the World War I, in 1944?

2. What does Marion say to Russ when he finds her in their kitchen smoking a cigarette?

3. What does Perry say to tell Larry to steal for him from the Cottrell house?

4. What kind of relationship does Russ have with his favorite daughter Becky?

5. Who sees Tanner kissing Becky in Tanner’s van? What does this character do with this information?

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

7. Why does Russ’s father never forgive Russ’s grandfather Opa Clement?

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

9. What happened to the Blues records that Frances borrowed from Russ?

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

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 two scenes where there are encounters with angels mentioned by a character in the novel. Do these characters believe that they saw real angels, or someone who just acted angelic towards the character experiencing the event in question?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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