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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 Lathrop say he will keep giving people until they vote for him?

2. What is Live-Again?

3. Who will Avery wait for at the tree?

4. Who arrives at the work camp three weeks into Broussard's stay?

5. What two prisoners are missing at the end of the day?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Avery say he is running moonshine?

3. Why is Daddy Claxton worried about the rain?

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

5. How does LeBlanc take to prison life?

6. How is Winfield trying to change his life?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What reasons does the novel give for Winfield's addictive personality? Is it a good representation of a drug addict? Do you think he could have succeeded without the drugs?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

1. Batiste.

2. Rafael.

3. Suzanne.

4. LeBlanc.

5. Evans.

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