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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. Where did Keith Landry go after missing Annie at her sister's house?

2. What prevents Keith and Annie from fleeing Ohio?

3. Where does Keith Landry go after he leaves the place he went after the night Cliff Baxter found him and Annie?

4. Why does Keith Landry have a difficult time returning home after the meeting Charlie Adair had arranged?

5. Who does Keith Landry ask to bring him food?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Keith Landry get about Annie's whereabouts?

2. What does Keith Landry do while he is waiting for the time of his rendezvous with Annie?

3. How does Cliff Baxter come to find Keith and Annie in Toledo?

4. How do Keith and Annie end up in a motel in Toledo?

5. What is the job Keith Landry is being recruited for, and who does he meet with?

6. What happens at the Porters' house?

7. What plan do Keith Landry and Annie make?

8. What happens when Cliff Baxter finds Keith and Annie?

9. How does Cliff Baxter react when he hears about the meeting?

10. What does Keith Landry find when he arrives in Spencerville?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Having just finished his work in the Cold War, Keith Landry returns home to find a new opposition with the brutal police chief. How much does this opposition prolong the Cold War Keith Landry had been part of fighting? Compare and contrast Cliff Baxter and the Soviet Union. Is Cliff Baxter a symbol of repressive regimes?

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