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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 does Keith Landry take Annie?

2. What does Cliff Baxter threaten Keith Landry with?

3. Where does Keith Landry use a disguise?

4. Where does Keith Landry get a visitor from?

5. What tips Cliff Baxter off to ask at the motel where Keith and Annie are staying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Annie's visit to Keith Landry's house.

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

3. Describe Keith Landry's return to Ohio.

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

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

6. What happens at the Porters' house?

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

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

9. What does Charlie Adair want Keith Landry to do?

10. What does Annie's note to Keith Landry say?

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

How American is Spencerville? What makes it American? What makes it something else? How does this novel embody Americanness?

Essay Topic 3

Write an evaluative review of Spencerville. What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

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