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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 Keith Landry's visitor tell him?

2. What is Keith Landry afraid of in Chapter 22?

3. What does Keith Landry ask the President?

4. What does Keith Landry do when Officer Ward shows up at the Porter house?

5. Where does Annie tell her sister they would be passing through on the way to Florida?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Keith Landry's return to Ohio.

2. Why won't Charlie Adair allow Keith Landry to refuse the job on the spot?

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

4. What does Keith Landry do after getting Annie's note?

5. Describe Keith Landry and Annie's meeting in Chapter 20.

6. Describe Keith Landry's interaction with Gail Porter before Charlie Adair shows up.

7. Describe the fight between Annie and Cliff Baxter in Chapter 19.

8. What is Keith Landry's response to Charlie Adair's and the President's offer?

9. What warning do Keith and Annie get from Annie's brother-in-law, and how do Keith and Annie respond to it?

10. What plan do Keith Landry and Annie make?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 2

How will Keith Landry be a different partner for Annie than Cliff Baxter was? What kind of lover will he be? What value does Annie still have in Keith Landry's eyes, after her mistreatment at Cliff Baxter's hands?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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