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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 did everyone else refer to Lana's shop?
2. Why did Devon decide to walk home instead of get in Joy's brother's car in Chapter 30?
3. What is the state of Jonnie and Don's relationship at the end of Chapter 24?
4. What happened to the money JJ's father had given him after winning his big hand of poker?
5. What does Lana fear is happening to Sylvia from what Sylvia tells Lana about Devon in Chapter 29?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ava do when she visits the reservoir with JJ in Chapter 34 that is dangerous and unexpected?
2. What is Ava's impression of James Martin, a man from her mother's past?
3. What kinds of emotions does Sylvia experience the first time Ava brings her to JJ's house on Brushy Mountain Road?
4. What does Ava tell JJ in Chapter 20 about how she felt toward Henry's child when she first saw him?
5. What does Sylvia tell Lana about Devon in Chapter 29 that deeply disturbs Lana?
6. Why does Sylvia seem to decide she can not help Marcus any longer in Chapter 33?
7. What does Jimmy Patterson try to do for Devon in Chapter 30?
8. What happens when Joy's car breaks down and she needs to call her brother to give her and Devon a ride home in chapter 30?
9. In Chapter 27, what does JJ remember about doing together with his father when he was a child?
10. What does Ava hope might happen when she and JJ go to the spot where Devon died?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring why JJ Ferguson seems to feel such strong positive emotions towards a town - Pinewood - where he experienced such tragedy and misery.
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think Sylvia continues to speak with, and eventually forms a bond with, Marcus, even though she has never met him in person and had no previous relationship with him before he randomly dialed her number from jail?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring the origins and nature of JJ's infatuation with and attraction toward Ava, noting how it seems to have evolved over the years. Cit specific references to the text in your answer.
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