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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 man Mazz tells Miriam was hit when he and Jax were in the Gulf?

2. According to tradition, what do women usually wear to the Marine Corps Ball?

3. In Chapter 9, what month is it?

4. Who died at Slim's when three boys using AK-47s arrived as his house?

5. Where does Jax tell Miss Hazel he and Miriam will live if he makes captain?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do men and women dress for the annual Marine Corps Ball?

2. What did Miriam do before she left North Carolina in Chapter 2?

3. What does Joan's father say to her mother before he walks out?

4. What is August's shop like?

5. What does Miriam think it will be like to go back to school?

6. A week after Joan is raped, what does a doctor tell Miriam and Jax?

7. What is the kitchen like in Chapter 7?

8. Why did August quit college and start styling hair?

9. In Chapter 12, what is Miriam doing?

10. What does August do when she sees Jax choking Miriam in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joan calls her father a “violent villain” (72). How does Joan feel about her father? Why does she call him a villain? How do her feelings about him change over time?

Essay Topic 2

August reveals information about Derek’s father during Derek’s murder trial. What information does August reveal? What does that information reveal about the relationship Derek had with his father and how it still affects him?

Essay Topic 3

A German Jew establishes a deli in the North Memphis neighborhood where the Norths live. Why does the deli become a fixture in North Memphis?

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