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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. In describing the boys on their way back to town, what does the narrator say they are like?
2. What is implied when the boys kick and stomp the sand?
3. What does the overgrown plant life sometimes cause to happen at Jutland?
4. What is the name of the town where the story begins?
5. Who is with Cece Ferns at the river in the narrative present?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the Quinns' relationship with their daughters.
2. Why have the boys come to Jutland?
3. When the boys get close to the river, what do they see submerged there, and how do they react?
4. Why is Jimmy Box's house so crowded?
5. What warning does Enid's mother issue about her about her nursing plans, and why does her mother finally give up on trying to dissuade her?
6. Once Enid drops out of nursing school, how does she fill her time?
7. In a time and place where people with disabilities are often mocked, why does no one mock Mr. Box?
8. What does the scene when the boys are at the Willens house reveal about Mrs. Willens?
9. How do the details offered about the boys' lives in town clarify what being out in Jutland means to them?
10. What does Enid's father make her promise, and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about different forms of love in "The Love of a Good Woman." Defend 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 analysis of Mrs. Quinn's character. Be sure to include a claim about the significance of the way that she is characterized. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
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