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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. How many generations of family members attend the reunion?

2. What is the name of the town where Jack is sent to jail and escapes?

3. What does Gloria tell Jack that Julia Mortimer did not want for her at the end of Part 2?

4. What does Gloria and Lady May drink from after Jack draws them water?

5. What does Beulah send Vaughn to place of Mama and Papa Beecham's grave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Beulah give the family to prove that Sam Dale couldn't be Gloria's father?

2. Describe Aycock when he first arrives at Banner Top in Part 2.

3. What does Brother Bethune do when he thinks he has seen a snake?

4. How are Uncle Curtis Beecham and his family described when they arrive at the family reunion?

5. Describe Jack's interaction with Lady May for the first time.

6. What does Gloria discuss with Jack at the beginning of Part 5?

7. What is the nature of the family's discussion of Julia Mortimer's actions during a cyclone?

8. What is the nature of the Renfro family's discussion at the breakfast table at the beginning of the book?

9. What does Judge Moody say after admitting he had Julia Mortimer's letter for a month?

10. What does Brother Bethune do after Willy Trimble offers him some water in Part 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Community plays an interesting and sometimes background role in the book.

Part 1.) Discuss what community represents to the members of the reunion?

Part 2.) How has the family tried to set themselves apart from the rest of their community?

Part 3.) What clues are given to suggest that the rest of the community in which the book is based hold similar qualities to the members of the reunion?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of dialogue in the book. What purpose might the author have for using this method in the book? What is the reader able to learn about the characters that they would not had dialogue not been utilized?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role of hope in the book. What does hope represent to the book's characters?

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