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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 does Joseph tell Tish in Section 4?

2. Where does Fonny go when he leaves the Rivers' home in Section 3?

3. Where do Ernestine and Tish go after Ernestine picks her up from work in Section 3?

4. Who does Hayward manage to see in Section 4?

5. Who is Galileo Santini?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hayward learn about Daniel when he is finally able to visit him in jail in Section Four?

2. How does prison impact Daniel?

3. How are Joseph and Frank physically described in Section Four?

4. How is Fonny doing when Tish visits him in Section Three?

5. What do Tish and Ernestine discuss at the bar in Section Three?

6. How does Joe respond when Fonny tells him he plans to marry Tish, in Section Three?

7. What do Sharon and Pietro talk about in Section Four?

8. What happens while Tish is buying tomatoes in Section Four?

9. What does Hayward tell Sharon and Tish about the Hunt women, in Section Four?

10. How does Hayward treat Tish and Sharon when they visit him in Section Three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the role of fatherhood in the novel. How do Joseph, Frank, and even Fonny father? What does fatherhood mean to them?

Essay Topic 2

What caused Frank's death at the end of the novel? Consider the obvious as well as the less obvious reasons.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the role of religion in the novel. Consider which characters are religious and how this differs from spirituality in the novel.

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