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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 Lark have in her hand after the train leaves the station?

2. Where is it decided that Stan will go to look for work?

3. Where does Hilly serve after he joins the military?

4. What does Aunt Betty eat on Thursday morning?

5. How much does Lark discover her father lost at the poker game?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the argument Mama and Papa have about their evening's activities and what does each want the other to do?

2. What is the basic information included in the letter Lark finds from Earl Samson to Bill?

3. What are some of the job opportunities Mama sees but dismisses?

4. What is Mama's plan for Aunt Betty and Uncle Stan and how does she start that plan rolling?

5. What does Lark believe will happen to the baby? Why does she believe this? What does she believe will be her role in the delivery?

6. Where does Mama tell Lark the baby has gone? Where does Lark believe it's gone? Why does Mama slap Lark?

7. Describe the condition of Aunt Betty's house when Lark and Mama arrive.

8. What is Lark's reaction when Mama says she has to sell tickets to the picnic, and what is Mama's response?

9. When Grandpa Browning asks Mama if she's crying over the money Papa lost, she lies. What does she say and how is this the same as what Aunt Betty had done to protect Uncle Stan?

10. Why does a committee want Mrs. Stillman dismissed from her teaching job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Lark come to believe she's responsible for the death of Marjorie Ann? How does she come to know she's not? How do the two pieces of knowledge affect her?

Essay Topic 2

What is the "Sin Notebook" kept by Lark? Why is she so interested in keeping track and identifying sins? Why is she worried that gambling is a sin?

Essay Topic 3

Lark is afraid that Marjorie Ann is in limbo, Hilly went to hell, and she is bound for hell for her myriad of sins. Explain why Lark believes these things and what impact these beliefs have on Lark, her family, and the storyline.

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