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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 Pru say Nelson is ashamed of her being?

2. What state did Charlie take Melanie to before taking her to Ohio?

3. Who does Nelson mimic in this chapter?

4. Where do the characters have lunch after sailing?

5. Who does Pru ask Nelson if he had sex with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ma Springer call the family into the living room to talk about?

2. What do Pru and Nelson do in Brewer?

3. What does Charlie tell Harry about the situation with Nelson?

4. What does Harry remember about his bedside table drawer?

5. How does Nelson react to his parents buying their own house?

6. What lie does Harry tell Charlie?

7. What does Janice tell Harry when they come back from the party?

8. Why does Harry not talk to the Murketts and the Fosnachts at the wedding reception?

9. Why does Nelson like Pru?

10. How does Pru injure herself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Rabbit's character to the person he is a the beginning of the story to the person he is at the end of the story:

1) What does Rabbit hope to achieve at the beginning of the story?

2) What events changes Rabbit ideas about life?

3) How has Rabbit's character changed by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe Updike's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does Updike's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Rabbit's life:

1) His basketball coach

2) Ruth

3) Mim

4) Janice

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