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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 interrupts Cliff Baxter at the end of Chapter 4?

2. What does Annie Baxter do when she can't get her husband on the phone?

3. What is Annie Baxter's husband's job?

4. What is Annie afraid of when she sees Keith Landry?

5. What does Keith Landry talk about with the dealer at Baxter Motors?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the meeting between Annie and Keith Landry.

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

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

4. How does Cliff Baxter's presence influence Keith Landry's relationship with his car?

5. What is Cliff Baxter's reaction when he hears that Keith Landry is back in town?

6. Describe the farm Keith Landry returns to in Spencerville.

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

8. What was Keith Landry's relationship with Cliff Baxter in high school?

9. What is Keith Landry's relationship with Billy Marlon?

10. What does Keith Landry ultimately do with his car?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

How realistic is this book? What parts are not believable? What leaps of faith does the author require of the reader?

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