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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. In the end, who is forgiven for not trying to keep in touch?

2. What is the name of the singer that Raleigh almost gets intimate with?

3. What literary technique is used in Part 2, Chapter 17 to inform the reader about the past relationship between Raleigh and Gates?

4. Who has fallen and has to be pulled back up the mountain in Part 3, Chapter 29?

5. Who surrenders to Raleigh and Gates after the fireworks are set off?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the prison escape that occurs as a result of the tent revival that Raleigh, Gates and Mingo visit.

2. How has the adventurous scavenger hunt changed Raleigh?

3. Who keeps the men from getting arrested at the mountain, and how?

4. Discuss the difference between Raleigh and Gates.

5. Chapter 27 fills in details about Jubal's relationship with Victoria. What are those details?

6. What one certainty does Raleigh understand about religion and what personal experience helped build that belief?

7. What case of mistaken identity does the drug cartel make on the mountain, and how do they act upon it?

8. Discuss the "massage parlor" that Mingo visits in Myrtle Beach.

9. How does Billie's life change after the gathering in New Orleans?

10. What is the importance of Raleigh's scavenger hunt items as explained by his father in Part 3, Chapter 32?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Write a character description of Mingo. Was he a major character or minor one, static or dynamic? Support your answer with specific evidence form the story and be sure to include definitions of major and minor character.

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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