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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. When Will is playing a round of golf with Ed Cupp, Jimmy Rogers, Lewis Peckham, and Bertie Peabody, why does he quit?
2. How does Allison travel to Linwood, NC?
3. What is Allison able to do at the auto shop that surprises her?
4. What color enamel does Allison find under the soot covering the stove?
5. What perfume does Allison's mother, Kitty, wear?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Will choose Sutter Vaught to be the beneficiary of his life insurance?
2. What does Allison talk to the man in the garage of Washau Motors about?
3. What does Allison think that she and the runner might have in common?
4. What kind of shady business proposition does Ewell McBee make to Will?
5. What does Lewis think is wrong with Will?
6. How do Allison and Will meet the first time?
7. What does Jimmy Rogers do during the golf game to annoy Will?
8. Why does Allison refuse Will's help in moving the stove?
9. Why does Allison buy herself new clothes when she gets to Linwood?
10. Why does Allison want to move the old stove into her greenhouse?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the novel, Allison has lost her memory because of the treatments she received at the mental institution and Will has repressed some troubling memories from his childhood that keep returning to him when he has his spells. Write an essay discussing the theme of memory from the novel, comparing and contrasting how different characters' memories shape the plot and affect how we as a reader react to those characters.
Essay Topic 2
The Second Coming is populated with a lot of single, older men. Discuss the role of the old men like Mr. Ryan, Mr. Arnold, and Father Weatherbee in the novel. What do you think these older men represent in the novel? Why are there so many of them? What happens to these old men in the end?
Essay Topic 3
Like many novels set in small Southern towns, in The Second Coming the characters are constantly concerned about how others perceive them. Choose three characters from the novel and write an essay about how each deals with the issue of how others perceive them.
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