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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 does the Tom need protection from?

2. How do Tom's aunts treat him?

3. What is the name of the aunt of Tom not married to Judge Driscoll?

4. What is Roxana saving up money for?

5. Who notices what Roxana has done with the babies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who lives with Judge Driscoll?

3. What happens to Roxana after Percy dies?

4. What caused Tom to get cut out of Judge Driscoll's will the first time?

5. What is Roxana's first idea to deal with the worry she feels after the trial for the slaves?

6. What does Roxana say when she meets with Tom in the haunted house?

7. What does Judge Driscoll do when the Italian twins come to town?

8. What strange sight does Wilson see in Tom's room one night?

9. How does Roxana feel about Tom's plan to pay his gambling debt?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Responsibility and coming of age are two themes that are interwoven in many places of this plot. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to move the plot along?

Essay Topic 3

This plot takes place during the slavery era. How did this time shape the main characters in the book?

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