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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does he attend the new school set up by the Leonards?
(a) 6 months
(b) 5 years
(c) 1 year
(d) 4 years

2. What prompts Gant's rampage in this chapter?
(a) His lack of money
(b) Eliza's nagging
(c) His own drinking
(d) Eugene's arrogance

3. Which character travels with Eliza on most of her trips?
(a) Steve
(b) Oliver
(c) Helen
(d) Eugene

4. What illness does Eliza have?
(a) Heart disease
(b) Bright's disease
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Cancer

5. Gilbert Guant changed his name to what?
(a) Thomas Gant
(b) Wilbert Gant
(c) Gilbert Gant
(d) Albert Gant

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings Oliver a suitcase full of alcoholic beverages?

2. Who does Helen and Luke live with at this stage in the book (Part 2, Chapter 19)?

3. In this chapter the positive influence of what woman is highlighted?

4. What does Oliver threaten to do to Eliza?

5. Steve returns in this chapter, where has he been?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Eliza continues to allow Gant to come to Dixieland?

2. How would you describe Ben?

3. What is Gant's relationship with Eugene his youngest son, when Eugene is a small boy.

4. How does Eugene handle the loss of the relationship with Laura?

5. Briefly describe Eugene's experience as a paper boy.

6. Do you think everyone would have come home for the illness and death of other family members besides Ben? Explain your answer.

7. Why do you think Eugene went to his father to get money for his trip to Virginia?

8. Briefly describe Gant's deteriorating family situation.

9. Briefly describe Eugene's attitude toward academics.

10. Why do you think visiting prostitutes is important to Eugene as he is finishing college?

(see the answer keys)

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