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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 worries Temple in the car ride leaving the plantation?

2. Why does Reba stay in the room while Benbow talks to Temple?

3. What causes Snopes to leave Reba’s business?

4. What is Temple’s favorite drink?

5. How does Benbow respond to what Ruby offers in payment for his work on the case?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Popeye sent to an institution as a child?

2. What is Temple’s room in Miss Reba’s house like?

3. What does Benbow say in his letter to Belle’s father?

4. What kind of business does Miss Reba run?

5. What does Snopes complain about in the barbershop?

6. How does Benbow feel after talking to Temple, and why?

7. What kind of information does Benbow buy from Snopes, and why?

8. What causes Temple to come to Miss Reba’s without Popeye?

9. What does Snopes reveal about Temple’s situation?

10. How was Popeye different from other boys as a child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Justice and Mercy are two themes that seem to appear in tandem many times in this book. What are some of these instances, and why do they always appear together?

Essay Topic 2

Steven’s changes in his attitudes towards alcohol throughout the book. What are these changes, and what brings them about?

Essay Topic 3

Purity is a main theme of this book. How is this theme presented, and why would this be so central in a plot like this?

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