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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. Why is Mother Corinne angry when Son, Rose and Sissy move into the farmhouse?

2. What does Son realize about Rose?

3. Where do Sissy and Lorraine go to swim?

4. Where does Rose go after spending only one night in the farmhouse?

5. Son tells Sissy that he and Thomas talked about ______________ while on the back porch.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Lorraine and how does Sissy meet her?

2. What is the relationship between Sissy and the girls at the home, one girl in particular?

3. Who finds June dead and what is the turnout for her funeral?

4. How does Son's injury make Sissy even more resentful of her mother's distant behavior?

5. What circumstances prompt Rose's abrupt departure?

6. Why is Son concerned about Rose and Sissy after Sissy's birth?

7. How do Sissy and Son meet Thomas Clinton, Sissy's biological father?

8. When did Sissy learn that she was not adopted?

9. What does Rose do after the family moves into the farmhouse?

10. How have the driving lessons provides some hope for a better relationship between Sissy and Rose?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a character study of Sissy. What are her physical characteristics? What are her motivations? What are her fears? What are her dreams? What else can you say about Sissy?

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of Son. What are his physical characteristics? What are his motivations? What are his fears? What are his dreams? What else can you say about Son?

Essay Topic 3

Abandonment seems to be almost an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is the sense of abandonment? Why does it have such a prevalent place in the lives of the characters? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

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