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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 kind of relationship do John and Kate seem to have?

2. How is Emily related to John?

3. What does John conceal from Sharon?

4. What does Aunt Emily constantly keep her eye on?

5. What important question does John ask Kate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John suffer from?

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

3. Who does John remind his mother of?

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

5. What is John searching for as the novel begins?

6. What does Sharon try to establish about the trip?

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

8. What does Kate decide to do about her therapist?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Strict Southern guidelines prescribe that women and men act a certain way. Kate and John often find themselves searching for their place in a society that does not accept them. How have John and Kate made themselves outsides in New Orleans society?

1. Describe 2 different times each character alienates themselves.

2. Describe 2 times that New Orleans society outcasts Kate and John.

Essay Topic 2

How are moviegoers outsiders to the rest of the community? Give examples of other groups that are considered loners or outsiders in your community. Why are these people outsiders? Have they made themselves outsiders or has the larger society forced them to become outsiders?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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