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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 does Catherine give a model kit of to Jory to pass the time?

2. Who is Bart most mean to?

3. Who does Catherine feel most envious of?

4. What does the doctor say about Jory's condition after the accident?

5. Who does Bart slap?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bart's search for success.

2. Why is Catherine worried about Jory and Melodie having a baby?

3. What is the source of irony at Bart's party?

4. Who planned the accident that hurt Jory?

5. Why doesn't Melodie visit Jory in the hospital?

6. What is Catherine's reaction to Melodie revealing her affair with Bart?

7. Why is Foxworth Hall an important setting?

8. Describe Bart's self-esteem.

9. Describe Bart's relationship with his family.

10. What makes Catherine an intuitive narrator?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Catherine's "garden in the sky" refer to? Why is it an important theme in the story? At the end of the story when Catherine is dead, what does it symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Bart so preoccupied with sin? What is Bart's moral code?

Essay Topic 3

Will Bart ever be happy? What obstacles stand in his way?

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