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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 puzzles Biff Brannon so that he thinks about it late at night?

2. Who is Biff Brannon?

3. What does Mr. Singer tell Antonapoulos about his four visitors?

4. What do Lucille and Biff both agree on?

5. What about Jake Blount seems to stand out most to Brannon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had not changed about Mick Kelly on the evening of August 21, 1939?

2. What does Blount want even more than a job?

3. What happens to Mister Singer when he realizes his friend, Antonapoulos is dead?

4. What bothered Doctor Copeland when he attended the family reunion?

5. What caused the riot at the Sunny Dixie Show?

6. Why did the four people, Mick Kelly, Jake Blount, Doctor Copeland, and Biff Brannon visit Mister Singer so often?

7. What do we learn about the Kellys financial situation in Part 2, Chapter 9?

8. What question was plaguing Biff Brannon as he watched Mister Singer, Jake Blount, and Mick Kelly together?

9. What happens when Jake's two coworkers make fun of him behind his back?

10. Why did Mister Singer arrange a special trip to visit Antonapoulos before his vacation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the themes of the story? At your discretion, choose one of the themes and tell which characters fit that theme, and in what ways they fit into that theme of the story.

Essay Topic 2

Biff Brannon walked by Mick Kelly's house in Part 2, Chapter 8. Why did he feel like he was doing something wrong when he hadn't done anything wrong?

Essay Topic 3

What is the difference between this Southern town and Northern towns of equal size? Does the location of the story make a difference in this story? Why? How would the story change if it took place in a different location? What would be lost from the story?

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