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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. Where does the parole board meet?

2. What drug is Winfield now addicted to?

3. What does April say Winfield can't continue to eat forever?

4. In what month do they begin cutting the cane?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What problems do Broussard and LeBlanc face at the beginning of this section?

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

4. How does Boudreaux get work at the Bonham Shipping Company?

5. How does Broussard try to convince Benoit to sell him the knife?

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

7. What is wrong with the water the guards give the prisoners?

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

9. How does LeBlanc take to prison life?

10. How is Winfield acting in this section?

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

What would have happened to Boudreaux if he didn't take the job at the Bonhan Shippng Company? How does the work camp change Boudreaux?

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