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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. Why does Temple try to hide in the small room?
(a) The men keep walking in and out all night.
(b) She can hear the dogs coming after her.
(c) She is afraid of the dark.
(d) She doesn't want to be seen in the moonlight.

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

3. Goodwin tells Ruby to call __________________.
(a) the sheriff's office.
(b) the hospital.
(c) the neighbor.
(d) the grocer.

4. Where does Benbow arrive in the afternoon?
(a) The plantation.
(b) The Baptist Church.
(c) The courthouse.
(d) Narcissa's house.

5. Overall, the person in #31 thinks that Temple is _______________.
(a) naive.
(b) artistic.
(c) gifted.
(d) brilliant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person in #31 call Temple?

2. Which relative does Benbow's sister care for?

3. What does Benbow challenge Popeye to do?

4. What kind of songs does the Negro prisoner sing?

5. What does Temple find in the house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Ruby continue to tolerate the abusive behavior from the men in the house?

5. How do Benbow and Narcissa differ in their opinions on what should happen to the old family home?

6. How does Chapter 1 of SANCTUARY begin?

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

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

9. Why does Narcissa demand that Benbow remove Ruby and her baby from their home and put them in a hotel?

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

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