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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. How long did Lily have to be in the shack with her dead kidnapper before someone found her?

2. What was the name of the man who was an accomplice to Lily's kidnapping?

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

4. What day of the week is garbage picked up in Lily's part of town?

5. How much bigger was the yard at narrator's childhood home than the yard of the home where she lives now?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lily learn about Claude Friedrich's personal life when he visits Marie Hofstettler?

3. Why does Marie Hofstettler believe she should call the police Tuesday morning?

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

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

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

7. Why did Lily not confide in Claude Friedrich?

8. What typical sibling rivalry did Lily and her sister have when they were growing up together?

9. Why does Lily believe that the Shakespeare Garden Apartments are misnamed?

10. What trouble had Lily been having with her car when she lived in Memphis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why Lily knew that something was wrong with the Yorks. Cite examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why Claude Friedrich does not suspect Lily of the murder even though he believes she was hiding something. Cite examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the gang rape changed Lily's life. Cite examples from "Shakespeare's Landlord."

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