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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 is the Elephant’s childhood nickname, as revealed in Chapter 13?

2. Who saves Deems from drowning in Chapter 17?

3. To whom will the Elephant turn for more information, as revealed by the Elephant in Chapter 19?

4. According to Sister Paul in Chapter 24, whom did she help many years ago?

5. Where does Sportcoat decide to go at the end of Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Sister Paul give Sportcoat in Chapter 24?

2. What information does Joe Peck seek from the Elephant in Chapter 19?

3. What information does Potts reveal to the Elephant in Chapter 21?

4. How does the relationship between Potts and Sister Gee continue to evolve in Chapter 15?

5. Briefly describe the relationship between Sportcoat and Mrs. Elefante, as seen in Chapter 16.

6. What two gifts does Sportcoat give Deems in Chapter 22?

7. How did Deems come to control the Cause, as explained in Chapter 14?

8. Who goes to Five Ends Baptist in Chapter 25? What happens there?

9. How did the Governor come to possess the Venus, as explained in Chapter 13?

10. What plan does Bunch Moon hatch in Chapter 14? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of Hettie to the novel. Despite the fact that she is not physically present in the novel, she has a powerful impact on Sportcoat. Discuss Hettie’s impact on Sportcoat as well as on the novel’s plot and themes.

Essay Topic 2

Does the end justify the means? How does the novel answer this question? How would Sportcoat answer this question? How would Deems? What about the Elephant?

Essay Topic 3

Identity is a major theme of the novel. Choose three situations in which this theme is illustrated. Explain how each situation illustrates the theme of identity, and evaluate what the author is trying to say about this subject.

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