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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 is described in Part 3, Chapter 6 as Uncle Jack's "first and abiding love"?

2. How old is Uncle Jack's yellow cat described as in Part 3, Chapter 6?

3. How much older is Henry Clinton than Jean Louise Finch?

4. Who is described in Part 3, Chapter 8 as "the political symbol of everything [Jean Louise's] father and men like him despised"?

5. Whom does Jean Louise say she will act like when she and Henry are married in Part 2, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henry reveal about Atticus’s health in Part 1, Chapter 1?

2. How would you describe Atticus Finch in Go Set a Watchman? How does Jean Louise perceive her father in the beginning of the novel?

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

4. 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?

5. What can be discerned of Jean Louise’s character based on her remarks about Edgar to Alexandra in Part 1, Chapter 2?

6. Who is Alexandra? What characteristics define Alexandra in Go Set a Watchman?

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

8. What is said regarding a Supreme Court case in Part 1, Chapter 2?

9. From what narrative perspective is Go Set a Watchman related?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Maycomb County Citizens' Council? What are the objectives of this organization? What is Atticus Finch’s involvement with the organization? How does Jean Louise discover her father’s involvement and how does she respond?

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

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?

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