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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Temple feel when she meets Old Pap?
(a) Jealous
(b) Scared
(c) Amused
(d) Angry

2. What is Goodwin arrested for?
(a) Rape
(b) All of these
(c) Selling alcohol
(d) Murder

3. What do college boys make Stevens drink?
(a) Motor oil
(b) Moonshine
(c) Mouthwash
(d) Hair oil

4. Who destroys Goodwin’s still?
(a) The police
(b) Ruby
(c) Popeye
(d) Benbow

5. Where does Ruby stay while Goodwin is in prison?
(a) Benbow's house
(b) The plantation
(c) A hotel
(d) Narcissa's house

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stops the fight with Popeye at the Frenchman Place?

2. What is Ruby’s job?

3. What is Benbow’s occupation?

4. Why does Popeye say he is leaving the plantation?

5. Why does Benbow quiz Popeye about an animal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Goodwin arrested for, and how does he respond?

2. What makes Temple so upset in the car with Popeye?

3. What are some of the reasons Benbow gives for leaving his wife?

4. Why is Temple brought to the plantation?

5. Why does Ruby say she has stayed at the plantation?

6. How does the author describe Miss Jenny?

7. What bothers Stevens most about his time at the plantation, and why?

8. What does Stevens do when he wakes up on the plantation?

9. How does Ruby treat Benbow when they first meet?

10. What causes Ruby to go down to the river with her baby?

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