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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 John conceal from Sharon?

2. Why is the meeting going to be serious?

3. What does John declare to Sharon?

4. What is Sharon's roommate's name?

5. What does Aunt Emily's letter ask of John?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Aunt Emily so upset about Kate, her stepdaughter?

3. Who does John remind his mother of?

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

5. Where does John invite Kate to go with him? What is her response?

6. What is revealed about John's family in this chapter?

7. What occurs on the ride to the Gulf Coast?

8. What is very apparent about John and Aunt Emily's relationship?

9. Who has Kate started seeing to help with her depression?

10. How does John feel about Walter, Kate's fiance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kate claims that she wanted to feel numb when she took all the sleeping pills. Compare the feeling of numbness with the excitement that Kate feels when she goes to Chicago.

As the novel ends, does Kate give up on her search for independence? Or is she only willing to have a certain kind of independence?

Essay Topic 2

Answer one of the following:

1. Why does John carry on meaningless relationships with many women?

2. Site three examples of how Aunt Emily attempts to control John's life.

3. Who were the men that proposed to Kate? Take two of them and explain why they decided to ask for her hand.

Essay Topic 3

What is John and Kate's journey to Chicago symbolic of? How does their relationship change after they return to New Orleans?

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