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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. When do the boys plan to go to the police?
2. Why is Walley especially crowded on the day the boys are walking to the police station?
3. What does the narrator say is the problem with Jimmy's grandmother's cooking?
4. What implication of her mother's is Enid shocked by in their hospital discussion about whether she should make the promise to her father?
5. What conclusion does the narrator come to about why the boys did not tell their parents about the dead body?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Enid see as the difference between the appearance and the reality of Olive and Rupert?
2. What does the scene when the boys are at the Willens house reveal about Mrs. Willens?
3. Explain how the boys cross the bridge and why they do it this way.
4. Why have the boys come to Jutland?
5. What details does the narrator offer about the boys' walk to the river that characterize the boys as youthful?
6. What happens when Cece's father is in a violent rage and one of his friends comes to the door?
7. When the boys get close to the river, what do they see submerged there, and how do they react?
8. What does the scene when Jimmy sees his mother at work reveal about Jimmy?
9. How does Enid feel about Mrs. Quinn, and what is Mrs. Quinn's reaction to this?
10. How do the details offered about the boys' lives in town clarify what being out in Jutland means to them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about what "The Love of a Good Woman" conveys about the moral compromises that adulthood entails. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about gender in "For the Love of a Good Woman." Be sure to offer textual evidence in support of your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of one of the story's subtitles: "Jutland," "Heart Failure," "Mistake," or "Lies." Use textual evidence to defend your ideas.
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