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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. How many men have proposed to Kate?

2. Why does Kate think marriage is a bad idea?

3. Who has also asked Kate to marry him?

4. What promise must John make to get Kate to marry him?

5. What does Kate love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is interesting about the marriage?

2. What does John realize about his life search?

3. Why is Aunt Emily upset with John at the beginning of the chapter?

4. What does Kate think the worst that can happen to John is?

5. When John talks to Kate, what does she say she was really trying to do?

6. Who has died in John's family?

7. What does the reader learn about Kate in this section?

8. Why doesn't Kate like Harold's wife?

9. What is Kate's test after Lonnie dies?

10. How does the novel end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

John's longing for a deep and close relationship with a woman is constantly explored throughout the book:

1. Who does John attempt to create relationships? Why does he choose these types of women to go after?

2. How does John's relationship with Aunt Emily, his mother, and Kate, hinder his ability to create healthy relationships with other women?

3. How does John's relationship with movies and being a moviegoer stop him from building relationships.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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