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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. Who dons a sheet and pretends to be the Holy Ghost in Part 2, Chapter 5?

2. What is foreshadowed by Henry's observations in the end of Part 2, Chapter 5?

3. How old was Atticus Finch when he married?

4. Why does Jean Louise say she fears marrying the wrong man in Part 2, Chapter 4?

5. What is Dill's real name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jean Louise perceive her future with Henry in Part 1, Chapter 1?

2. What news does Jean Louise learn from Atticus and Alexandra when she arrives home in Part 1, Chapter 2?

3. Who is Mr. O’Hanlon? What is revealed of his character in Part 3, Chapter 8?

4. What rumor has emerged regarding Jean Louise in Part 3, Chapter 6? How do Atticus and Alexandra respond?

5. What is revealed of Atticus’s character in the flashback in Part 2, Chapter 5?

6. How would you describe Alexandra’s perceptions of race? How does she regard the pamphlet Jean Louise finds?

7. What is revealed of Henry’s character by his remark about black drivers in Part 2, Chapter 5?

8. How would you describe Henry and Jean Louise’s past? What does the author reveal of their history through exposition in Part 1, Chapter 1?

9. How is Mr. Willoughby’s character described? What are Jean Louise’s perceptions of Mr. Willoughby?

10. What causes the game of “Revival” to be broken up in the flashback in Part 2, Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the NAACP perceived by the characters in Go Set a Watchman? What are the objectives of this organization historically? What is revealed about the characters in the novel based on their views of the NAACP?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Jean Louise’s views on race, racism, and the South. Do you think that Jean Louise’s views are vastly different from those of Atticus, Alexandra, or Uncle Jack? Why or why not? What has shaped Jean Louise’s views on racial prejudice?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the plot structure of Go Set a Watchman. Where in the narrative do the following occur: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement? How traditionally structured is the story? How would you compare the structure of Go Set a Watchman with To Kill a Mockingbird?

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