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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. What does Clem call Tanner that makes Becky upset with Clem?
2. Why is Russ upset about Clem, now that he lives somewhere else?
3. When Russ calls Ambrose a fraud and a “raging egomaniac,” what does Ambrose do?
4. What action does Marion take when she reads the note from Perry that he is at the Haefle’s party without her permission?
5. What does Clyde tell Russ about the activities on the Navajo land that “rapes” the land?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Russ say to Clem three times, when he lies to Clem in his church office?
2. What does Marion say to Clem when he says that he is going into the military to go to the Vietnam War?
3. Why does Marion want to confess her unrequited love of Bradley to her son Perry?
4. How did Russ use Larry to find out about how serious Frances was with her boyfriend?
5. What signal does Russ get that Frances is lusting in her heart for him as he is lusting after her?
6. Why does Clem hate Russ for not going to war when he was at an age to do so?
7. Why does Marion keep her father’s suicide away from her kids?
8. Why does Russ’s father never forgive Russ’s grandfather Opa Clement?
9. Who does Becky run to after she is called out by Sally for lusting after Tanner?
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 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 2
Write an essay on why throughout the novel, Marion at different times in her life wanted to murder someone, or chose to not murder someone. What did she mean when she said this to herself? (Hint: Was it a reflection of how she felt about herself at the time?).
Essay Topic 3
Identify the reasons that Marion felt that she had been an angel and a devil at different times in her life. Be specific in detailing the events that made her feel good and bad about her actions in relation to other people in her past.
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