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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 Clovis make for Gertie?

2. What kind of scheme does Clovis blame for using Gertie's savings?

3. Which of the following words does NOT describe how Clovis feels after he is beaten?

4. What makes the family turn into full production of making the dolls using the jigsaw in chapter 32?

5. Why did Cassie's teacher say she sent the note home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens when Sophronie answers the door when she is drunk.

2. When Gertie tells Clovis that her mother said that she should not buy Tipton Place, what does Clovis say which surprises Gertie?

3. Describe Gertie's days during chapters 20 - 23.

4. Describe an event which shows how tempers are short during the heat wave.

5. Why does Sophronie ask Gertie to watch her children after they had their tonsils out?

6. With what are Gertie's thoughts and dreams filled?

7. Describe an incident of irony regarding Clovis and Gertie and Tipton Place.

8. What happens during the snowball fight between Gertie's children and the Dalys' children?

9. Why does Gertie rush down to interfere with Reuben and Mr. Daly after the fight?

10. Why doesn't Gertie continue to carve the block of cherry wood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the underlying theme of religion as it is used throughout the novel. Be sure to include specific examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the relationship between Gertie and her husband. Be sure to describe how the relationship changes throughout the novel in specific details.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the symbolic value of Gertie's knife transforming from that of being life affirming and life saving to that of being life destroying. Use examples from the text to support your description.

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