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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 Aunt Emily want for John?
2. What becomes clearer about John's relationship to his mother?
3. What ails John?
4. Where will John have to go on business?
5. What happens on the car ride?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do the two decide to go once at the Gulf Coast and why is John surprised when they arrive?
2. Why is Lonnie fasting?
3. What important question does John ask Kate in this chapter?
4. Where does John invite Kate to go with him? What is her response?
5. What does Sharon try to establish about the trip?
6. What does Kate decide to do about her therapist?
7. What does Kate reveal to John about her happiest day?
8. How does John feel about Walter, Kate's fiance?
9. Who does John run into after lunch with his aunt?
10. Does John have anything in common with his mother?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1. Examine the friendship that Kate and John have before they are married.
2. Does their relationship ever turn physical before they get married? Do you think the fact that they lack a physical relationship will cause their relationship to fail?
3. How does the relationship change after Kate and John are married. Describe their new relationship.
Essay Topic 2
1. Compare Harold's wife to a typical Southern housewife. How do their actions and behaviors differ from one another?
2. Why is Kate so put out by Harold's wife?
3. Because Kate constantly looks to find her freedom from New Orleans society, is it interesting that Kate is shocked by Harold's wife's actions?
Essay Topic 3
While the women in John's life obviously make demands of him, the men seem to impose little on John. What is the deeper connection between John and the following characters:
- Lonnie
- John's father
- Harold
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