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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 is the name of the river that runs through Banner?
2. What does Willy Trimble arrive in when he enters the scene in Part 2?
3. What does Jack draw water from for Gloria and Lady May in Part 2?
4. What office does Uncle Homer say he is running against Curly for?
5. What color are the flowers that Jack trips and falls into in Part 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do we learn Mr., Renfro did during the night at the beginning of Part 6?
2. What is the nature of Judge Moody's verdict for Jack?
3. What happened when Jack took a safe from Curly Stovall in Part 1?
4. Describe the contents of the letter Judge Moody reads from Julia Mortimer in Part 4.
5. How did Uncle Noah Webster come to find his wife Cleo?
6. What is the nature of the Renfro family's discussion at the breakfast table at the beginning of the book?
7. What is the nature of the errand Miss Beulah sends Vaughn on at the cemetery in Part 1?
8. What does Gloria say to Jack when he tells her she will be able to pay her respects to Julia Mortimer at the end of Part 2?
9. What is the nature of Aunt Cleo and Uncle Nathan's discussion regarding his hand at the end of Part 3?
10. Describe what happens when Jack begins driving the school bus.
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
What reasons does the family have for their lack of trust for outsiders in the book. What is telling of this distrust in terms of their ability to live in a realistic world? What might the author be saying about the true nature of the family members based on this lack of trusting outsiders?
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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