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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 do Harold's children see that upsets them?

2. Why does Ginny protect her lucky innocent nature?

3. Where were the students given passports to go?

4. For what is Charles on trial?

5. What does the narrator ask the missionaries to tell him without looking in their Bibles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clair talk about during her part of the dinner?

2. What does Harold's wife, Ruth, demand he do and if he doesn't follow through, what does she say will happen?

3. What does Jed Jones say happened after he heard the shots?

4. Describe the character Clair as seen through Louis's eyes.

5. What does the narrator say that he is enough of a realist to accept?

6. What does the group of storytellers who Ginny joined consider themselves and what happens to change this?

7. How does Leon describe his landlady?

8. Describe the Redeemer's friends as he sees them.

9. What does the narrator say to those who come to him telling him that anything not in the Bible is false?

10. What does Leon say that causes her to call her husband a bigot?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"I Am an American"- In what way is the character of Leon a good Samaritan? In what ways does Leon rely on stereotypes? What prejudices are shown in this novel? How are they demonstrated?

Essay Topic 2

"The Story of a Dead Man" - In what way are the two main characters in this story alike? In what ways are they different? Why do you think one would become an accomplished liar? What would make a person become an accomplished liar?

Essay Topic 3

"A Loaf of Bread" - How are the concepts of economics and psychology discussed in this story? Which is more prevalently discussed? Why do you feel this way?

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