View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Avery's great grandfather and his negro servant build?

2. Why have no reports ever been filed on the people in gang five?

3. What has Le Blanc been sentenced to an extra seven years for?

4. How does April administer cocaine to Winfield in this section?

5. How does Billy Jo die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the guards haul away Le Blanc at the end of this section?

2. How is Winfield trying to change his life?

3. What does Winfield find out about Troy in this section?

4. How do the men try to get at Rainack as they wait in the rain?

5. Why is Lathrop intentions in New Orleans at the beginning of this section?

6. How does LeBlanc take to prison life?

7. What problems do Tereau and Avery get into as soon as LeBlanc and Gerard leave?

8. Why does Avery say he is running moonshine?

9. Why are Briussard and Boudreaux so worried about LeBlanc?

10. How does Hunnicut persuade Winfield to write a song for Lathrop's campaign?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the book.

How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 2

What does the novel say about the Sixties in southern America? How has the novel changed since the novel was published?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 801 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample