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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 owns the land that Raleigh sets out to buy in Part 1, Chapter 4?

2. Where is Bonnie at the end of Part 1, Chapter 5?

3. Who is Lovie's son?

4. Whose slacks get ripped in Part 1, Chapter 3?

5. What physical characteristic best describes Mingo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the fight that Raleigh orchestrates at Lovie's party and his need to do so.

3. Explain how Raleigh ends up with a second pistol belonging to Mingo.

4. What is Raleigh's perspective of Pee Wee Jimson? What item representing Pee Wee does Raleigh's father want him to collect?

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

6. What is the misunderstanding that Raleigh's janitor has in Chapter 5?

7. What note does Raleigh find in Chapter 5, and what is the truth of the situation surrounding that note?

8. Who is Jimmy Clay, and what role does he have in explaining Earley's disappearance after leaving the hospital?

9. Explain Raleigh's message of doom in Chapter 1.

10. What do the people of Thermopylae think Earley has done, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the main characters of this book. Who was the protagonist, and what separates that character from the other main characters?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Raleigh and Gates as major characters in Handling Sin.

Essay Topic 3

Raleigh was instructed to "collect" two people as part of his scavenger hunt. Who were they and what importance did they have?

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