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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. How is Roxana treated by Tom as he grows up?

2. Why does Roxana get all dressed up when she gets worried?

3. Where has Roxana been living since she got back to Dawson's Landing?

4. What does Wilson say is found in people's hair?

5. What does Roxana first choose to do when she gets worried after the trial for the slaves involved in the theft?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tom have such few friends after his college experience?

2. What happens to Tom when Percy dies?

3. What does Tom decide to do after his college experience?

4. Why does Roxana quit her job, and what horrible surprise greets her?

5. Who is the most prominent person in Dawson's Landing?

6. What does Roxana become worried about after the trial for the slaves involved in the theft?

7. What does Roxana worry about after completing her plan to give her son a good life, and what happens?

8. What makes Aunt Patsy something of a celebrity in the town?

9. What does Wilson like to collect from the people in town?

10. What happens to Roxana after Percy dies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

How does Judge Driscoll choose to raise Tom and why? How does this decision affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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