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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 Ned have a special talent for?

2. To where are Boon and Lucius planning to travel?

3. What is the name of the young woman who meets them at the door?

4. Where does Boon say they will reach in the morning?

5. What is Boon to Lucius' family

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miss Reba think Sam can assist them?

2. What plot elements does this chapter introduce?

3. What themes does Chapter 3 introduce?

4. Describe what Lucius sees along the path.

5. What does the Iron Bridge symbolize?

6. How does Boon persuade Lucius to join him in his plan?

7. Why did Grandfather purchase an automobile?

8. Summarize the novel.

9. How does beginning of Chapter 5 describe the transition between Mississippi and Tennessee?

10. How is Ned going to win back the automobile?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the southern Gothic genre.

1) What are the typical plot, character, and settings of the genre?

2) How has the genre developed over the years?

3) In general what thoughts and feeling does the southern Gothic novel express?

Essay Topic 2

What difference does dialect make in the novel? Do the students think there are times that dialect does not work? When should a writer use dialect?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the characters from the novel.

1) What is the character's background.

2) What is the character's motivation and goals?

3) What do you think the character adds to the story? How would the story change if the character was removed?

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