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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. Who helps Ruth with the baby most days?

2. What do Chloe and James do in Part III that Chloe knows is dangerous?

3. Who does Ruth's hair for her wedding?

4. What does Vivian start doing more often since getting into a relationship with Preacher Thomas?

5. Where do Chloe and James go out on their first real double-date?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Esther overhear Mr. Franklin and Mr. Bailey saying about her in Part IV?

2. What does Ruth tell Esther when she comes to the house to check on Esther in Part IV?

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

4. In Part IV, what does Ruth do that Mary catches her at?

5. How does Ruth feel after having her baby and giving up singing?

6. What happens when Vivian auditions two possible singers to join Chloe in Part IV?

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

8. What is Ruth's wedding like?

9. What does Horace's bookstore mean to Esther?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Sexton explain and help develop the reader's understanding of what kind of community Fillmore is? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What are the main sources of rivalries and tensions between the three sisters Ruth, Esther, and Chloe in relation to each other and to their mother, Vivian? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why and how do people in the Fillmore neighborhood start "caving" to Mr. Belmont's and the developers' demands and goals? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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