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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. What is Stevens not willing to wait for?
(a) A car.
(b) A gun.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Clean clothes.

2. About what topic do Benbow and his wife argue?
(a) She wants to care for the entire world.
(b) She spends too much money.
(c) She fired the cook.
(d) She wants to change religion.

3. Where does the person in #21 attend college?
(a) Maine.
(b) Georgia.
(c) California.
(d) Virginia.

4. The local boys know where Gowan can find ____________.
(a) books.
(b) money.
(c) liquor.
(d) girls.

5. What does the person in #31 tell Temple about Goodwin?
(a) He cannot be trusted.
(b) He is a genius.
(c) He would never bed a slut.
(d) He is a prince of a guy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Temple realizes that the plantation has no ___________________.

2. Where do Popeye and Benbow encounter each other?

3. What does Temple desperately need on this night?

4. Why do Gowan and Temple get stranded at the plantation?

5. Other than Goodwin, who else knows the truth about the murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Benbow assigns a gender to nature.

2. How does Temple try to protect herself while at the plantation?

3. How does Temple blame Stevens for their predicament?

4. What is Temple's family situation and why does that alienate Ruby?

5. Is Stevens really a gentleman who knows how to drink?

6. Why is Stevens so upset with himself the next morning?

7. Explain Goodwin's downfall as it is detailed in Chapter 17.

8. What instruction does Goodwin give to Ruby when she returns to the house?

9. What behavior do the men at the plantation exhibit that frightens Temple?

10. What are some of the reasons that Benbow gives for leaving his wife, Belle?

(see the answer keys)

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