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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. Who owns both a garage and a restaurant?

2. How long has it been since May's brother has been home?

3. What does Lindy confess taking from May when they were young?

4. Who does May ask to dinner with her early in Part I?

5. What is happening to the yew on campus that Blake and May both recognize?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the "tree sheets" Earl gives May?

2. What does Lindy confess to May?

3. Why does May dislike cut flowers?

4. What idea for visiting does May run by Sue?

5. What is May's job and how does she feel about it?

6. What dream does Sue confide to May about?

7. What tree does Earl propose to May on a tree sheet following his fall?

8. What is Lindy's and May's history?

9. What good memory does May mull over of time with her mother in Part II?

10. What kind of relationships does May have with her neighbors?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who does May connect most effectively or deeply with in this novel, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think is Kane's purpose in inserting May's allusions and references to famous works of literature throughout the novel? What effect do these allusions and references have on the reader and the reader's understanding of May's character? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What are the "tree sheets" May gets from her father Earl, and what do they symbolize? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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