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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. Who is the author of "The Love of a Good Woman"?

2. Why is Walley especially crowded on the day the boys are walking to the police station?

3. What dessert does Bud get in trouble for picking at before dinner?

4. How do the boys know whose car they are looking at in the water?

5. Where does Jimmy's mother work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mrs. Quinn dying of, and how does Olive hint that she might have gotten ill?

2. Describe the building that the introduction focuses on.

3. What does the scene when Jimmy sees his mother at work reveal about Jimmy?

4. What details does the narrator offer about the boys' walk to the river that characterize the boys as youthful?

5. What social situation at the police station discourages the boys from making their report?

6. Describe Jutland.

7. Describe the inside of Bud Salter's house.

8. Why is Jimmy Box's house so crowded?

9. What does the scene when the boys are at the Willens house reveal about Mrs. Willens?

10. What happens when Cece's father is in a violent rage and one of his friends comes to the door?

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 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 2

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about what "The Love of a Good Woman" conveys about what it means to be "good." Support your ideas with textual evidence.

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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