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

2. What does Chloe admit to herself when she sees Esther waiting for her for their first performance at the Champagne Supper Club?

3. What does the Preacher say strength is made perfect in?

4. Who does James work for?

5. What does Esther produce monthly that has to do with books and reading?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who reconnects Chloe with James, and why?

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

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

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

7. What does Vivian invite Preacher to her house to do in Part III?

8. What does Horace argue to others who Mr. Belmont has approached?

9. In Part IV, what step does Vivian take regarding what is left of the singing group to try to reach for success again?

10. What do James and Chloe do in front of Chloe's house that she knows is dangerous?

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

How does Esther's experience of sexual assault as a young girl change her relationships with her sister and mother? Write an essay explaining your answers, 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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