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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 did the nuns operate at the convent before loosing funding?

2. In addition to Senior Pullman, who presides at K.D. and Arnette's wedding?

3. What in the basement attracts Connie?

4. Who joins Pallas when she dances with the rest of the women at the Convent?

5. What are K.D. and Arnette expecting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Though she was welcomed back home by her father, why did Pallas return to the Convent?

2. What sort of dilemma does Billie face in her romantic life?

3. What are some of K.D.'s thoughts about marriage that indicate that he still has an immature or naïve worldview?

4. What sort of prejudice does Patricia witness in Ruby?

5. Why does Gigi receive fifty dollars for the box she finds under the bathtub?

6. How do the women react to Lone's warning that men are coming to harm them?

7. What does Deek believe that the tea that Connie gave Soane causes, and why is this ironic?

8. How do the town of Ruby and the Convent share joint responsibility for the field of marijuana?

9. What started the townspeople's idea that Billie was a wild child?

10. Why do the Fleetwoods blame Lone for problems with their grandchildren, and what evidence is there that the situation was not Lone's fault?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Generally in fiction there is a clear protagonist and a clear antagonist. Can this be said of the novel "Paradise"? If you believe the novel contains a clear protagonist and antagonist, name them and explain how they fit these roles. If you believe there are no clear protagonists or antagonists, explain how this is the case.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the point of view in the novel "Paradise". Does the story come from a single narrator or multiple narrators? Does the point of view remain the same throughout the novel, or does it change, and what effect does this have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Morrison's or the narrator's use of language in the novel "Paradise". Is the language elevated to the poetic or is it the everyday language of the rural people of Ruby?

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