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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. Which of the following buildings is NOT one that catches Artis' imagination in Birmingham?

2. What does Idgie Threadgoode claim to have found inside a hen's egg?

3. Which of the following adjectives does Dot Weems use to describe the photo of Mr. Pinto that Stump took?

4. Which of the following illnesses strikes Naughty Bird when she refuses to eat?

5. What is the name of the gossip club Idgie starts despite Ruth's objections?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Idgie respond when the detectives come to town searching for Frank Bennett?

2. How does Idgie know that Frank is beating her?

3. What interesting addition to the garden did Idgie's mother find one summer, and where did she think this addition came from?

4. Why does Idgie drive to Georgia? What does she find out about Ruth during that trip?

5. Where is Frank Bennett's body discovered?

6. What leaves Vesta heartbroken at the nursing home in 1986?

7. What are the final thoughts in Smokey Lonesome's head when he is sick in 1965?

8. What is unique about Dot Weems' business practices and journalistic style?

9. Why does Vesta Adcock's husband leave her?

10. How does Naughty Bird's view of herself change after Le Roy leaves her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During his life, Buddy Jr. deals with an unfortunate handicap. First, explain the source Buddy Jr. injury, and what the immediate effect of that injury was. Then, explain how Idgie helped Buddy Jr. to overcome his handicap and give at least two examples from the text of times when Buddy succeeded, regardless of his handicap.

Essay Topic 2

When Ruth falls ill with cancer, it forces other characters reconsider their roles or relationship with her. Choose one character whose life changed drastically when Ruth became ill and describe that change. Then, compare and contrast that with the drastic changes another character had to undergo when Ruth became ill. Then, explain how Ruth's illness changed the town and how she became immortalized in death.

Essay Topic 3

Interspersed throughout the old newspaper are pages copied from Dot Weems' newspaper, "The Weems Weekly." Choose at least two stories highlighted in these newspaper pages and explain what significance these stories have to the novel. Then, explain how "The Weems Weekly" helps characterize Whistle Stop and the characters in the novel.

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