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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 swindled Velma's gentleman friend?

2. When does Forest Ann have her daily date?

3. What does Rita know little about on her first meeting with the Club?

4. Who does the club want to raise money for at the beginning of the book?

5. What state is this book set in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Queenie want to raise money for unwed mothers?

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

3. How does Ella feel while helping Tyrone, and why?

4. Why does Rita move to Harleyville?

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

6. How does Queenie think Ben's body could have gotten to the field without a car?

7. Why does Forest Ann rush home from the meeting at the beginning of the book?

8. How is Ben Crook's body found?

9. What happened to the Celebrity Quilt?

10. Why does Rita think Prosper Judd was paying the mortgage on the Crook farm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Personal identity was one of the main themes in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

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