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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 Bourdeaux in detention for in this section?

2. What does Avery's father think could ruin Avery's life?

3. Why doesn't Winfeld want to work for Lathrop?

4. What does Avery see swimming in the irrigation canal?

5. Where was Avery's brother killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does April respond to Winfield's anger the following morning?

2. What happens to Gerard and LeBlanc?

3. Why does Hunnicut wnat Winfield to come back to Louisiana?

4. How is Avey eventually caught?

5. Why is Daddy Claxton worried about the rain?

6. How did Avery's great grandfather's servant revenge his master's death?

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

8. How does LeBlanc take to prison life?

9. Why does Avery's father worry about him so much?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main characters, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

What does the novel say about the pressure caused by success? Does great pressure always come with success? How could society change the pressure that comes with being successful?

Essay Topic 3

How did Winfield's upbringing effect him and the decisions he makes in the book? How can Winfield get over the trouble he experienced as a child?

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