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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 does Avery's father die of?

2. What are Terau and Avery waiting for?

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

4. Where can Boudreaux find a map?

5. Why does Hunnicut want Winfield to return to Louisiana?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Winfield trying to change his life?

4. Why does Avery say he is running moonshine?

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

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

7. How is Avey eventually caught?

8. Why is Boudreau so uncomfortable on his first shift at Bonham Shipping Company?

9. Why is Daddy Claxton worried about the rain?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

What effect do the following people have on Winfield's life?

1. Hunnicut.

2. April.

3. His sister.

4. Lanagan.

5. Elgin.

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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