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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 is the white man's name in Part III who likes and pursues Chloe?

2. What is James's favorite type of music?

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

4. Why does Vivian invite Preacher Thomas to her house sometime in Part III?

5. Who are some of the people in Fillmore who sold their businesses after Mr. Bailey?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the redevelopment in Fillmore affect Gerry and Ruth?

6. What does Esther offer Mr. Bailey in order not to sell The Champagne Supper Club?

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

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

9. How is Mary a part of Ruth's and Gerry's lives?

10. Who reconnects Chloe with James, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are Vivian's dreams for The Salvations influenced by her religious faith at different points throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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