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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 mistake did Rita make in her first article?

2. Who named the Persian Pickle Club?

3. Why should Velma not stay with her gentleman friend?

4. Who swindled Velma's gentleman friend?

5. Who tells Queenie that Rita is giving birth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Queenie say true friendship usually entails?

2. How is Ben Crook's body found?

3. What directions does Mrs. Judd give when it Ben Crook's body is found?

4. What convinces Queenie to let the Massies stay on her property, and why?

5. How does Queenie describe the members of the Club at the beginning of the book?

6. Why did the Massies choose to leave when they did?

7. What story will Rita publish after hearing the truth of Ben's death?

8. Why does Rita suspect the Judds in Ben's death?

9. What does Mrs. Judd say as Rita leaves the house after her questions for Ella, and how does Queenie interpret this?

10. What does Queenie notice about Rita while the true story of Ben's death is being told to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who in this book was searching for revenge, and how did their quest for this change their actions and the actions of others.

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Rita and Queenie are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite some support and write a compare/contrast essay about these two characters

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