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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. Where did T. L. York work before retiring?

2. What color is is the narrator's hair?

3. Claude Friedrich is about how old?

4. What color is the notebook that Claude Friedrich uses to take notes?

5. How many days ago does Lily estimate that Bobo left pizza in his room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Pardon Albee pick up Marie Hofstettler's rent check every month?

2. Who does Lily see during her walk in Chapter 1?

3. What happens to Body Time now that Pardon is dead since Marshall and Pardon own Body Time together?

4. Who does Lily call about the body in the park?

5. Describe Lily's backyard.

6. Describe Lily's living room.

7. What cleaning jobs does Lily do on Wednesday mornings?

8. Why did Rooster, one member of the biker gang, give Lily a gun?

9. Why does Lily say that Alvah has gone downhill since she and her husband moved to the apartment complex?

10. What does Norvel Whitbread receive as compensation for serving as janitor at the Shakespeare Combined Church?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Argue whether Pardon Albee did or did not seem like a person to die from violence. Cite examples from the novel to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

Citing examples from the book, discuss why Lily does not at first want anyone to know that she found the body in the park.

Essay Topic 3

Argue whether Lily is or is not the protagonist in the novel. Cite examples from the book.

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