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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 did Sarah, Alvah's granddaughter, get married?

2. What color housedress is Marie Hofstettler wearing on Tuesday when Lily comes to clean?

3. What color eyes does the narrator have?

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

5. What month was it when Lily was scarred?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Marshall know that Lily had scars on her torso?

2. How well did Lily know Pardon Albee?

3. Who pays for the cleaning and other chores that Lily does for Marie Hofstettler?

4. Did Lily have a key to the dentist's office when she first started cleaning there?

5. Why is Lily's house a shotgun house?

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

7. Why does Lily not tan?

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

9. Why does Lily think something is wrong when she arrives at the Yorks' apartment?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Citing examples from the book to support your position, argue whether Carlton suddenly develops an interest in karate because he is interested in Lily or because he is is interested in karate.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters Claude Friedrich and Marshall Sedaka. Cite examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

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

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