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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 Tony make sure Chloe has brought to sell for the dinners in Part III?

2. Who comes to check on Esther when she does not show up for the important audition?

3. What does James say his father does?

4. What is one reason Esther does not show up for the Dunbar Hotel audition?

5. What does Esther offer Mr. Bailey in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vivian tell Esther to do when she and Chloe get back from the Dunbar audition?

2. What shocks the wedding party at the end of the celebration?

3. Who reconnects Chloe with James, and why?

4. What doe Esther do when Horace leans in to kiss her?

5. How has Vivian thought of Chloe among her three girls up through the end of Part IV?

6. What does Esther realize she has a particular talent for in Part IV?

7. Who is Mr. Belmont and why is he so unwelcome in Fillmore?

8. What does Esther become increasingly involved with in Part IV?

9. What is one reason Esther pulls out of the Dunbar audition with Chloe?

10. What does Chloe help Tony do most Friday nights to help him make money?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the trauma of Vivian's early life - namely, the murder of her father by the Ku Klux Klan - affect her perspective and life path in Fillmore later on? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the novel, Sexton suggests that several characters have embarked on fresh starts, or at least different directions for their life paths. Write an essay explaining how the author demonstrates the possibilities and power of second chances, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why and how does Sexton communicate Ruth's feelings of entrapment both within her own family and in the context of The Salvations? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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