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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 everyone at the reunion rely on Uncle Homer and Auntie Fay to bring to the reunion?

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

3. What does Beulah send Vaughn to place of Mama and Papa Beecham's grave?

4. What is the name of the city in which the family reunion is taking place?

5. What is the name of the schoolteacher in the town as told in Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do we learn Mr., Renfro did during the night at the beginning of Part 6?

4. What is the nature of Uncle Nathan's discussion regarding Mr. Dearman?

5. How does Willy Trimble say Julia Mortimer died?

6. How does Jack react after Brother Bethune forgives Judge Moody on behalf of the reunion?

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

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

9. What does Gloria discuss with Jack at the beginning of Part 5?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's use of aggression in the book. What reason does she have for using this method?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of humor in the book. What reason might the author have for putting such humor in the book? What might the author be saying about the true nature of the book's characters based on her use of humor?

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