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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 dresses are the orchestra women wearing in Chapter 7?

2. What is Pete's attitude toward Maggie as they wait for the show to start?

3. What three characters figure prominently in every play that Maggie and Pete go to see?

4. What does Maggie do after dinner that makes her mother angry?

5. How does Maggie feel as she leaves the plays that she attends with Pete?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the old woman who lives near Jimmie and Maggie.

2. How do the neighbors react to the fight between Mudder and Fader?

3. How does Pete's nonchalance and indifference at the show make Maggie feel?

4. How does Mudder's behavior on Friday foreshadow the coming path of Maggie's life?

5. What is Maggie's impression of Pete as she listens to his tales?

6. Why are Maggie's spirits so lifted by the plays she and Pete attend?

7. What is Jimmie's attitude toward Mudder when he finds her yelling in the tenement hallway?

8. What is Jimmie's attitude toward well-dressed men?

9. Describe the setting of the opening scene of Chapter 1.

10. In their main altercation in Chapter 2, what is Mudders accusation against Fader? What accusation is Fader's response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the saloon in Chapter 11 a metaphor for Pete's life? Discuss both internal and external characteristics.

Essay Topic 2

The book opens with a fight scene. How does this fact foreshadow the path of the entire book? Discuss at least three specific fight scenes from the book, concentrating on motives and outcomes.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the morality of Rum Alley based on each of the following scenarios:

A) Fader and Mudder disciplining violence with more violence.

B) The old woman trading her kindness for favors.

C) Jimmie fighting to protect the old woman's beer.

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