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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. Where does Aron spend most of his time at college?

2. What do Caleb and Aaron use to hunt in the spring?

3. What does George Hamilton sell?

4. How does Tom learn that his father has died?

5. What does Cal plan to do with his share of Will's business success?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Joe Valery uncover about Ethel?

2. Why does Kate keep pictures of her clients, and how does Adam feel about this?

3. How does Ethel learn the truth about Faye's death?

4. What does Kate know about Joe Valery, and how does she plan to use this secret information?

5. What does Kate do when Adam tries to leave her brothel?

6. Why does Samuel worry about his son, Tom?

7. Why does Samuel tell Adam the truth about Kate and her brothel house?

8. What does Tom imagine after Dessie's death?

9. What does Dessie suggest to Tom to make their lives more exciting?

10. What does Kate do after meeting with Cal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cal endures many trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons did he learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 2

How did the relationship between Adam and Kate change throughout the course of the plot, and how did these changes affect the characters around them?

Essay Topic 3

Courage and fear were two attributes that were seen a number of times in this book. Where did they appear, and how did the presence of these feelings change the characters who were involved in those scenes?

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