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

2. What does Willy Trimble arrive in when he enters the scene in Part 2?

3. What does Jack say he would like to do before going to jail?

4. Who is the person who was an orphan at the Ludlow Presbyterian Orphan Asylum?

5. What is Lady May wrapped in when Gloria breast feeds her in Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the family react when Jack arrives at the family reunion for the first time?

2. What does Gloria say to Jack when he tells her she will be able to pay her respects to Julia Mortimer at the end of Part 2?

3. What happens to Jack once he in put into a jail in Foxtown in Part 1?

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

5. What is the nature of Jack and Gloria's discussion after he chases her in Part 2?

6. How is Moody's car described when Aycock gets into it just after it has wrecked?

7. What is the nature of the people passing through on the short blue bus' visit to Alliance?

8. What happens when Jack tries to use Bet to get Moody's car unstuck in Part 2?

9. What happened when Jack took a safe from Curly Stovall in Part 1?

10. How is Julia Mortimer's funeral described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, education has been a common theme linking each part together.

Part 1.) What might the author be saying about the society of the people in the book based on this portrayal of education?

Part 2.) In what way does Julia Mortimer's character represent the positive impact education could have on the book's characters had they given her the chance?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the nature of the family's devotion to one another. What reasons do they have for such devotion? In what way does the family not show the same devotion to outsiders of the family, namely Gloria? What is telling of these actions in terms of the nature of the importance family holds to them?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Jack and Vaughn in the book. In what way might Vaughn be the better candidate for family leader over Jack? What reasons can account for this?

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