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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Holly doing when Raleigh arrives in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Working on a car with a boy.
(b) Mowing her lawn.
(c) Practicing cheerleading.
(d) Washing her car with her sister.

2. Who is Lovie's son?
(a) Stinger.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Billy.
(d) Gates.

3. Who wants to commit suicide in Part 1, Chapter3?
(a) Raleigh.
(b) Mingo.
(c) Vera.
(d) Aura.

4. In the beginning of the novel, who is predicted to be cheated on by his spouse?
(a) Vera.
(b) Raleigh.
(c) Mingo.
(d) Aura.

5. Whose home does Raleigh visit in Part 1, Chapter 6 to retrieve the trunk?
(a) Pierce's.
(b) Lovie's.
(c) Earley's.
(d) Victoria's.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he returns to his office after buying property in Part 1, Chapter 5, who does Raleigh discover has left him a note at work?

2. What accent do Caroline and Holly have?

3. In the beginning of the novel, who is predicted to fall to pieces by the end of the month?

4. At the end of Part 1, Chapter 7, how many of Mingo's guns does Raleigh possess?

5. What does Raleigh happily discover when he makes a phone call from a tavern after the Marines have helped him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain who solves Raleigh and Mingo's car problem after leaving Lovie's party and the payment taken for that solution.

2. Where does Raleigh go to visit Flonnie? What does he buy her, and why?

3. During Lovie's party, where does Mingo consider running away to, why, and why doesn't he go?

4. How does Raleigh steal the bust from the public library?

5. Discuss Raleigh's family health history and what he does to avoid the same health problems.

6. What is the importance of a cassette tape in Handling Sin?

7. Explain the legend of Major General Goodrich Hays, C.S.A., and Raleigh's connection to it.

8. What angers Raleigh at Lovie's party? Explain the situation.

9. Explain the first compromising situation in which Mingo mistakenly assumes his wife Vera is having an affair with Raleigh.

10. Discuss Mingo and Vera's weight.

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