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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. Where do Raleigh and Mingo spend the night after hoodlums rob them in the rain?

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

3. Who does Raleigh see when he is on his way to commit the theft in Part 1, Chapter 7?

4. Who has the family Bible that Raleigh needs to collect?

5. What does Raleigh refer to as Knoll Pond?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After listening to the cassette tape, what delivery does Raleigh get from his father, and how does it arrive?

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

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

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

6. What does Raleigh toss out of his car when he is stopped by a police officer, and what irony surrounds the situation?

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

8. 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?

9. What is Raleigh's relationship with Mingo, as the story begins in Chapter 1?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is an antagonist? Discuss the antagonist of this novel in detail, relating the antagonist specifically to the type of conflict featured in Handling Sin.

Essay Topic 2

What interests and experiences of the author's own life might be drawn upon for inspiration in Handling Sin? Explain your answers, giving an overview of the author's life.

Essay Topic 3

Define rising action as an element of plot. Discuss in detail the rising action in Handling Sin. How does the author present it? How does the rising action flow? How does the rising action add to the suspense of the story?

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