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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 Cliff Baxter force Sherry Kolarik to do?

2. What did Keith Landry feel about splitting with Annie?

3. What is the significance of the place Keith Landry goes after his visit?

4. What is Keith Landry feeling when he returns?

5. What do the cops threaten Keith Landry with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Keith Landry invited to do at the dinner he has at the Porter household?

2. What does Keith Landry do now that he is back in his old hometown?

3. How does Annie Baxter conclude that her husband is having an affair?

4. What is the role of infidelity in the Baxter household?

5. Describe the conflict that is being brewed as Keith Landry spends more time in Spencerville--and how it seems likely to be settled.

6. What was Keith Landry's relationship with Annie like, before they split?

7. Describe the relationship between Annie and Cliff Baxter.

8. What does Keith Landry find when he returns home from the meeting at the Lutheran Church?

9. Descartes the meeting Gail Porter put together.

10. How does Cliff Baxter try to get information on Keith Landry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of Spencerville--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 2

While Annie and Keith Landry dispose of Cliff Baxter in the end, they seem to have the entire community's support. Is their accomplishment ultimately an individual accomplishment, or did the entire community effectively bring about Cliff Baxter's downfall?

Essay Topic 3

Why doesn't Keith Landry urge Annie to remain married, and to work within the bond she had accepted, honoring the vows she once took? Put another way, what makes Annie's marriage to Cliff Baxter so contemptible that we wish, as readers, for it to end? Would there be a virtue to Annie remaining married?

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