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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 is the nature of the relationship between Troy and Jimmy?

2. What does Della tell Jayber about Athey after Athey dies?

3. What habit does Jayber begin again?

4. In 1986, Jayber wonders how many people have purchased shares in _______________.

5. Jayber thinks that people today are too _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the sad circumstances that allow Jayber to spend more time with Mattie?

2. How do Jayber and Athey become good friends?

3. How does the author use the technique of foreshadowing regarding Jimmy?

4. What has happened in the Keith family that makes Troy feel as if he is free from any further obligations?

5. Where do Jayber and Mattie meet occasionally and what is the nature of their meetings?

6. How does Jayber perceive that Troy is not worthy of being married to Mattie?

7. How does Jayber adjust to the changing world in the 1960s?

8. How does Jayber struggle by being married to Mattie in his heart only?

9. How is Mattie's daughter killed?

10. What is the defining moment when Jayber commits himself silently to Mattie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the ongoing conflict between Jayber and Cecelia Overhold. What are the main sources of the conflict? Why does it perpetuate? What does Jayber learn about the source of Cecelia's true anger? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Loneliness seems to be almost an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is the sense of loneliness? Why does it have such a prevalent place in Jayber's life? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Jayber and Troy. Both men had and have influence over Mattie but have their hold on her in very different ways. Why are their differences classic examples of conflict in drama? What other similarities and dissimilarities are there between the two characters?

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