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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. According to Potts in Chapter 18, what happened to Hot Sausage?

2. What does Sister Gee ask Potts at the end of Chapter 15?

3. According to Sportcoat in Chapter 23, what has not been chosen for Deems?

4. Where is Sportcoat hiding in Chapter 20?

5. According to the Governor in Chapter 13, when was the Venus discovered?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news does Potts give to Sister Gee in Chapter 15?

2. What warning does Potts give to Sister Gee in Chapter 15? How does she react to this warning?

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

4. What does Sportcoat reveal about his son in Chapter 26?

5. Who is Cecil? Why is this name important, as seen in Chapter 13?

6. What happens to Bunch Moon in Chapter 22?

7. Briefly describe the conversation between Sportcoat and the Elephant in Chapter 16.

8. According to Lightbulb in Chapter 14, how has Deems changed as a result of the shooting?

9. What realizations does Sportcoat come to in Chapter 20? What does he decide to do in response?

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

What do you think the future has in store for Deems, Sister Gee, and the Elephant after the close of the novel? Predict their futures based on their thoughts and actions over the course of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay defining friendship from the perspective of Sportcoat and Hot Sausage. What is friendship, according to these characters? How do the choices they make reflect these values?

Essay Topic 3

The antagonist of a novel is a character or force who works in opposition to the protagonist. Who is the antagonist of the novel? Deems? Bunch Moon? Haroldeen? Perhaps the antagonist is not a person at all. What do you think? Make a case for that which you believe best fits the criteria of an antagonist.

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