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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 brand of cigarettes does Marion buy her first time?

2. Christmas Eve, what are Perry and Judson out doing together?

3. Who does Becky apologize to for kissing Tanner in his van?

4. Where did Russ spend 40 days working as a ranch hand in Arizona as a young man after the war?

5. What 40 pills does Perry get for giving Randy $20?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Russ say to Clem three times, when he lies to Clem in his church office?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Becky have an argument with Clem regarding Tanner?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

Develop an argument that explains why Clem felt that he needed to quit college and join the military to go fight in the Vietnam War. Who influenced Clem to feel this way? How did his family react when he told him that he wanted to go to war instead of stay in college?

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