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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. Why is Raleigh unnerved when he is stopped by a police officer in Part 1, Chapter 8?
2. What car does Raleigh own in the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 2?
3. Who is Aura?
4. Who pulls a gun on someone in a borrowed car in Part 1, Chapter 9?
5. Where is Bonnie at the end of Part 1, Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Raleigh's perspective of Pee Wee Jimson? What item representing Pee Wee does Raleigh's father want him to collect?
2. Why does Pierce Jimson leave the property negotiation between him and Raleigh feeling distraught?
3. Why is Raleigh pulled over by a police officer on his way home from the public library? Why does he fear he is being pulled over?
4. Explain Raleigh's message of doom in Chapter 1.
5. Discuss Mingo and Vera's weight.
6. What angers Raleigh at Lovie's party? Explain the situation.
7. Explain who solves Raleigh and Mingo's car problem after leaving Lovie's party and the payment taken for that solution.
8. Explain the fight that Raleigh orchestrates at Lovie's party and his need to do so.
9. What is Raleigh's relationship with Mingo, as the story begins in Chapter 1?
10. How does Raleigh steal the bust from the public library?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the primary theme of Handling Sin? What is a motif from the novel? Discuss both, explaining the difference between a theme and motif in literature.
Essay Topic 2
There are four points of view in which literature is written: first person, third person objective, third person limited, and omniscient. Which point of view does the author use in this book? Is this the most effective point of view for this story? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's writing experience and his successes of this book, Handling Sin, and his other writings.
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