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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harry ask Mick to do to get away and relieve the heat?

2. What does Mr. Singer do when he returns to his home from the asylum?

3. In Chapter 9 what is the Kellys biggest problem?

4. By May, what does Mick spend an obsessive amount of time doing?

5. What changes about Mr. Singer after he learns the news at the asylum?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is the main character of the novel and why? What about the protagonist and antagonist?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the character of Biff Brannon. Although he liked trying to figure out a good puzzle, he was also an enigma. What was going on inside him? Why did he start wearing his wife's perfume and using her hair conditioner after she died? Why does he consider it a compliment when Lucille tells him he'd make a good mother? Was there anything suspicious about his actions toward Mick Kelly?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the kind of relationship Mick Kelly has with her family, especially her mother. Why doesn't Mick confide in her parents about her dreams? What happened to the close relationship she once had with her older brother? Why does Mick seem closest to her younger brothers? At one point in the novel Mick keeps asking her brother Bubber/George if he loves her. Why was it so important to her that he love her not just because she was his sister?

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