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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 color is the dust that is riled up when another helper arrives after Moody has left to get help?

2. Which member of the family dies while Jack is in prison?

3. Who sneaks up on Jack and his bunch when they scramble up a tree at Banner Top?

4. What does Mrs. Moody spot in Willy Trimble's wagon that makes her refuse to ride with him?

5. What is the name of the person Jack helped pull a car out of a ditch for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Willy Trimble say Julia Mortimer died?

2. What is the nature of the evidence Curly brings to the trial against Jack?

3. How do the members of the reunion react after hearing the stipulations of Julia Mortimer's will?

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

5. What does Granny Vaughn say regarding the nature of Gloria's birth in Part 4?

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

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

8. How do the members of the reunion react when the Moody's arrive with Vaughn in the wagon?

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

10. What happens to Jack just after he marries Gloria?

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

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 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?

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