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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 kind of business do the boys talk about setting up?
2. What does Cece's mother usually do after their midday meal?
3. Besides "lazy," what is another word that Bud might use to describe his sisters?
4. To what does the narrator compare Mr. Willens's arm, floating in the water?
5. What does Enid's mother believe is true about Enid?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Jutland.
2. What social situation at the police station discourages the boys from making their report?
3. Once Enid drops out of nursing school, how does she fill her time?
4. Why is Jimmy Box's house so crowded?
5. What details does the narrator offer about the boys' walk to the river that characterize the boys as youthful?
6. Why does Cece not tell his parents what he and his friends found at the river?
7. What does Enid see as the difference between the appearance and the reality of Olive and Rupert?
8. Explain how the optometrist's instruments illustrate something about surface appearances.
9. Describe the inside of Bud Salter's house.
10. What personal history does Enid have with Rupert, and how does it impact their present relationship?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the thematic motif of becoming an adult in "The Love of a Good Woman." Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the truthfulness of Mrs. Quinn's story about the murder of Mr. Willens. Be sure to include in your claim a statement about the significance of her truthfulness or deceitfulness. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of Mr. Willens's profession. Defend your ideas with textual evidence.
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