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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 kind of disease does Hunnicott say Troy has?

3. What is the name of the place LeBlanc has been forced to stay the night?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Winfield start his addiction to drugs in this section?

5. How is Winfield acting in this section?

6. What happens to Gerard and LeBlanc?

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

8. How does April put Winfield into a drug stupor in this section?

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

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

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

What does the work camp teach Broussard and Boudreaux? What does what they learn say about work camps during the Sixties? How have work camps changed since then?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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