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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. Who does Tone beat badly during a football game?

2. What does Tone offer Lala for her work in Chapter 22?

3. Which neighbor of Adan's is convinced he is a bad seed?

4. What does Tone prefer to his gardening job?

5. What does Tone show Lala in Chapter 22 that he has shown almost no one else?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Adan fixated on, strangely, after Baby's funeral?

2. What do Tone and Lala often do together when they become friends as youngsters?

3. Why is Tone sent to jail as a youngster?

4. What problems did Mira and Peter have just before Peter's death?

5. What does Tone remember most about Lala from their youth?

6. Why does Tone bring Jacinthe to Lala's and Adan's house in the first place?

7. How does Esme, Lala's mother, die?

8. How does Mira feel after Peter's children leave with their mother, Peter's first wife?

9. Why does Tone feel partially responsible for Baby's death?

10. Why is Sergeant Beckles so anxious to solve the mystery of Baby's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the tone and language Jones uses to describe the physical and emotional abuse Lala suffers at the hands of her husband Adan throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 2

How does Jones explain and describe the rapid disintegration of Tone's and Adan's relationship in the latter part of this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Tone feel partially responsible for Baby's death? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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