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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. What is discovered when digging up the hidden treasure?

2. According to Earley in Part 3, Chapter 32, what is the importance of the trunk?

3. Where is Mingo to meet Gates and Raleigh after their late night boat trip?

4. What does Toutant Kingstree do with his livestock?

5. Upon entering a private drive to an estate, who are Raleigh, Gates, and Mingo mistaken to be?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss the jazz combo that is formed in Part 3, Chapter 33.

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

4. Why is Gates' excuse for the estate owners whose private driveway he enters important to the men's adventure?

5. What is ironic when Raleigh abandons his golf cart at the mountain?

6. What does Raleigh learn that Jubal is doing and what is Jubal's response to Raleigh's request?

7. Where are the characters of this story and what happens when the lights go out in Charlotte?

8. What does Mr. Calhoun insist upon even after receiving payment from Gates? Discuss the details, including why it is important to him.

9. What is the convenience associated with Raleigh's hunt for treasure? Why might his father have planned it this way?

10. How does Gates intervene in the dance troupe's situation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define falling action as an element of plot. Discuss in detail the falling action in this book. How did it flow? What role did the falling action have in the story, and how did it work?

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

What is the difference between tone and mood? What was the tone of Handling Sin? What was the mood of it? Was it consistent throughout or did it vary? Define the terms tone and mood and use examples from the text to support your thoughts.

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