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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 happens when Charlie and Eliza get to her house in Chapter Three?

2. Which is NOT a rumor about Warwick Trent?

3. Who is guilty for the death of Sylvia Likens?

4. Which description does NOT fit Jeffrey?

5. What is similar about Charlie's return home in Chapter Three to what happened when he returned Eliza home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Charlie's research into killers affect the way he thinks about his town?

2. Describe Jasper's homelife.

3. In what ways does Wesley Bucktin remind Charlie of Atticus Finch?

4. Why do Jeffrey and Charlie spend so much time speaking in puns, especially those with a blasphemous tone?

5. What is the history of the study in the Bucktin household? How might its current use a study create turmoil?

6. What is ironic about Charlie's nickname for An Lu's garden?

7. Describe the differences between Charlie's relationships with his mother and father.

8. Jasper has an interesting accent. How does this use of dialect help us to understand him?

9. What are some of the problems between Charlie and his mother?

10. How has the search for Laura changed in Chapter Four?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eliza and Laura Wishart end up facing two very different lives and fates, despite the fact that they are sisters. In a formal essay, explore the reasons behind those differences and why their outcomes end up very differently.

Essay Topic 2

It appears that the marginalized often strive to subjugate others even more than they have been pressed down themselves. Write an essay in which you detail such instances in the novel, and make connections between the characters who are the subjugated, and those who are the oppressor.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, Charlie thinks of the way he walks in relation to others. Sometimes he is behind, other times he is in the lead or walking side-by-side with someone else. Write an essay in which you discuss the changes in Charlie's character as he relates to others in this way.

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