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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. Who is the only guard in the area when Boudreaux decides to escape?

2. What member of the party gets extremely drunk?

3. What is Boudreaux doing in the fields when he decides to escape?

4. Why does Suzanne call herself a degenerate?

5. What does Boudreaux hit Evans over the head with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bordreaux's plan?

2. How does Winfield describe his family?

3. How does Boudreaux escape the workhouse?

4. How does Broussard meet Suzanne again?

5. How does Boudreaux die?

6. How does Broussard first date with Suzanne go?

7. What trouble is Broussard in at the police station?

8. How does Broussard get into trouble in this section?

9. How does Suzanne live her life?

10. How does Winfield spend his first afternoon in his home town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Winfield's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Winfield hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Winfield ideas about life?

3. How has Winfield's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

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

1. Hunnicut.

2. April.

3. His sister.

4. Lanagan.

5. Elgin.

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