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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 goes wrong on the flight?

2. What is the main topic of conversation in the locker room before the game?

3. What is Arrabelle worried about after news of the rape on lover's lane?

4. What is the Bohemian Mountain Approach?

5. What does Mr. Loring tease Ben about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ben injure a player from the opposing team during a basketball game?

2. What does Sammy see at lover's point? What does he hope to do with the information?

3. Ben teases Mary Anne about how much he will miss her when he goes to college. What does this say about their relationship?

4. What is the focus of Sister Loretta's discussion on sex? How does Ben react to this discussion?

5. Whom does Ben recall during try outs? What impact did this man have on Ben's life? What was Bull's role in this relationship?

6. How is Bull's behavior on Christmas morning in contrast with the story Mary Anne tells on Christmas Eve?

7. Who instructs the male students on sex during catechism? Why?

8. Why is Arrabelle frightened for Toomer in the aftermath of the rape?

9. Bull dies a hero. How does this affect the family dynamics?

10. What does Ben say to his father while taking him home after a night of drinking and fighting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Lillian never leave Bull? Does Lillian love Bull? Does Lillian condone Bull's behavior toward her and the children? Is Lillian an abused wife? List some examples of this abuse. Is Bull abusive toward the children? Why does Lillian not do more to protect her children? What does this say about Lillian's personality?

Essay Topic 2

Why does the Meecham family move to Ravenel? Why are the children unhappy about this move? What is different about this move than other moves the family has endured? Why does Mary Anne begin to cry in the car? Why does Mary Anne throw her tears at her father? What does Mary Anne blame her father for? Why is Mary Anne not afraid of her father? Should Mary Anne be afraid of her father? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of racism. What examples of racism are there in this novel? How does racism affect the characters of the novel directly? Indirectly? What characters are motivated by racism? What characters are affected by racism? Why?

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