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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. Who attacks Temple in the cotton crib?
(a) Van.
(b) Goodwin.
(c) Popeye.
(d) Murphy.

2. What frustrates Benbow about Goodwin?
(a) He antagonizes the guards.
(b) He refuses to talk.
(c) He won't see him.
(d) He tells his cell mate too much.

3. Who takes away Temple's raincoat?
(a) Goodwin.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Stevens.
(d) Popeye.

4. What does Temple do to try to protect herself?
(a) Wedges a chair underneath the door knob.
(b) Loads a pistol.
(c) Sleeps with the lights on.
(d) Double bolts the door.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it about Benbow that makes Popeye curious?

2. Overall, the person in #31 thinks that Temple is _______________.

3. About what topic do Benbow and his wife argue?

4. Goodwin is being treated as a murderer and __________________.

5. Temple realizes that the plantation has no ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Popeye feel the need to assert himself in every situation and why is he a powerful person in the operation?

2. How does Chapter 1 of SANCTUARY begin?

3. Who is arrested for murder and how does he hamper his own defense?

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

5. Who is Ruby and how does Benbow meet her?

6. Which two characters seem to show the most compassion for Temple?

7. Do Popeye and Temple acknowledge Ruby as they drive away from the plantation?

8. How does Temple blame Stevens for their predicament?

9. Why is Tommy impotent to completely help Temple when she desperately needs it?

10. How does Ruby show her prejudice for people in the upper class?

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