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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. Who does Keith Landry find in his house?

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

3. Where does Cliff Baxter discover that Keith Landry is back in town?

4. What does Keith Landry drive around to look at in Chapter 5?

5. What are Keith Landry's feelings as he passes the Baxter home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Keith Landry's feelings as we meet him?

2. What happens on the night of Keith Landry's meeting with Cliff Baxter?

3. Describe Keith Landry's experience at the Landry family Labor Day gathering.

4. What is the state of Annie Baxter's relationship with Keith Landry at the beginning of the novel?

5. What advice does the pastor give Keith Landry?

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

7. What happens after Keith Landry gives Billy Marlon a ride home?

8. What happens when Annie confronts Cliff Baxter?

9. Descartes the meeting Gail Porter put together.

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

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

Is Spencerville a Vietnam novel? What role does Vietnam play in the novel? How much is war part of Spencerville? Trace the war imagery and themes through the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Who is the audience for Spencerville, and what are their expectations for a novel? Do you think Spencerville satisfies this audience? Would it satisfy readers who were used to other kinds of novels? What would a romance reader, or a literary fiction reader likely think of this book?

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