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

2. What office does Uncle Homer say he is running against Curly for?

3. What color is the short church bus that arrives in Part 2?

4. What person does Jack ask Granny Vaughn about when he first arrives at the reunion?

5. What is the name of the area that Jack goes toward after crossing a field at the beginning of Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Aycock react after hearing Jack's verdict from Judge Moody?

3. How does Willy Trimble say Julia Mortimer died?

4. What is the nature of Uncle Homer and Jack's conversation regarding Judge Moody in Part 1?

5. Describe what happens when Ella Faye went into Curly Stovall's store for a wine ball?

6. Describe what happens when Granny begins singing after Judge Moody reveals the nature of his relationship with Julia Mortimer.

7. Describe what happens when Jack begins driving the school bus.

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

9. What reason does Judge Moody tell the members of the reunion that he is in Banner?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the members of the family reunion with the Moody's in the book. In what way do these characters offset one another? What is the reader able to learn based on their differences?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the portrayal of social class in the book. What is telling of this portrayal in terms of character development?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the nature of Jack and Gloria's relationship. What seems to be the driving force keeping them together? What might their future hold based on their discussion at the end of the book?

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