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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 does Dick take to prevent himself from getting sick?

2. What dies because of Mary's neglect?

3. How often does Mary go out to inspect the farm while Dick is ill?

4. What is Mary's last moment of happiness?

5. How are Mary's usual wakings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mary blocking out? Is she aware of what is happening to her?

2. How does Mary feel about Dick?

3. Why does Mary refuse to help Dick with the farm after he is well?

4. Describe Dick's appearance and mood when Charlie visits him.

5. How does Mary feel about how she arrives at her fate?

6. How are the Turners regarded in the community?

7. Describe the state of Dick and Mary's marriage before Dick gets sick.

8. What does Moses do to help Mary? How does Mary feel about being helped by a native?

9. What is the first law of white South Africa?

10. Describe the compound where the workers and their families live.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on Mary's relationship with Dick. Be sure to address:

1) The key failings of Dick and Mary's marriage.

2) The personality type with whom Mary would be a good match.

3) How Dick influences Mary's character, and vice versa.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the history of the tobacco plant and its complicated relationship both with humanity and the characters in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that describes the parenting done by characters in the novel and how it influences them and other characters. Examples include Mary's bad parents damaging her ability to relate to others, or Charlie Slatter's jealousy towards the privileges of his children.

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