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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 ask the President?

2. How does Keith Landry answer Gail Porter's request?

3. Where do Keith Landry and Annie go together after Annie's surprise visit?

4. What does Cliff Baxter do when he finds Keith and Annie?

5. What prevents Keith and Annie from fleeing Ohio?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What plan do Keith Landry and Annie make?

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Keith Landry wanted by the police?

10. What does Gail Porter tell Keith has happened since the meeting she organized?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the relationship between Cliff Baxter and his wife show us about Annie's personality? How do you account for the violence of Annie's relationship with Cliff Baxter? What led her from Keith Landry to Cliff Baxter--or, how did she permit the transformation that turned Cliff Baxter from someone she could respect into someone who terrorized her?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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