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

2. What is the name of the man whose store Ella Fay tried to get a wine ball at?

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

4. What position does Curly hold in the town at the time of Jack's trial?

5. What does everyone at the reunion rely on Uncle Homer and Auntie Fay to bring to the reunion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack reveal during the family reunion regarding jail in Part 3?

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

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

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

5. What happens to Jack after Curly punches him and knocks him out in Part 6?

6. What happens when the second tire on Moody's car blows out?

7. What does Judge Moody tell Jack and Gloria regarding their marriage and Mississippi Law?

8. Describe the contents of Julia Mortimer's will in regards to her funeral and burial.

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

10. How do the women at the reunion act towards Gloria when she says she doesn't want to be a Beecham?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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?

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