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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. Who arrives on a bareback horse after Judge Moody's car wreck?

3. What religion is the group of people who travel in buggies and wagons that do not stop to help after Judge Moody's car wreck?

4. What family member runs first on the well path at the beginning of Part 2?

5. Where do Jack and Gloria sit together after he chases her around Banner Top?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Willy Trimble say Julia Mortimer died?

2. Describe the contents of the letter Judge Moody reads from Julia Mortimer in Part 4.

3. What is the nature of Judge Moody's verdict for Jack?

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

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

6. How is the Renfro Bible described and used in Part 3?

7. How does Judge Moody react when Jack asks him if he had seen him somewhere before in Part 2?

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

9. What happens when Lady May starts sliding down the bank towards the road?

10. How did Jack retaliate against Curly after he makes Ella Faye cry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The role of identity is an ongoing theme in the book that helps develop a deeper understanding of the nature of the family members.

Part 1.) What does identity represent to the book's characters?

Part 2.) In what way does the family try and impart their identity onto outsiders, namely Gloria?

Part 3.) In what way does Gloria try and develop her own sense of identity outside of the family?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Throughout the book, the character Jack has shown an overwhelming need to please his family in the book.

Part 1.) What reason does Jack have for wanting to please his family?

Part 2.) What might Jack be trying to prove by trying so hard to please his family?

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