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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. To whom is Kate now engaged?

2. What is the family eating on the trip?

3. What happens on the car ride?

4. Who does John run into after lunch (at the library)?

5. Where does the family go the following morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does John ask Sharon to go with him?

2. What is John nervous about on the car ride to the Golf Coast?

3. What kind of books does John like to read at the library?

4. What important question does John ask Kate in this chapter?

5. Where do the two decide to go once at the Gulf Coast and why is John surprised when they arrive?

6. What becomes clear about John and Kate's relationship?

7. Does John have anything in common with his mother?

8. What important decision does John make that turns out to be a good idea?

9. What does Kate reveal to John about her happiest day?

10. What does John do in order to escape from his life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. How is the theme of money inadvertently explored throughout the book?

2. John's family seems to be a staple of New Orleans society. How does having money make the family influential to the rest of the community?

Essay Topic 2

The women in the novel constantly interfere with John's life. Explain how each woman attempts to change John's ways:

- Kate

- John's mother

- Aunt Emily

- Sharon

Essay Topic 3

1. Freedom is another central theme of the novel. Both John and Kate struggle to find their own independence in different ways. How are John and Kate's searches for independence similar?

2. Describe how John's assertion of manhood and determination to create a relationship with Kate, leads to Kate's oppression.

3. Is this John or Kate's fault?

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