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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 time of day does Manie die?

2. How old is Father Batty?

3. How many facelifts does the narrator comment that Desiree's mother has had?

4. After Anton identifies Astrid's body, at what time of day does Jake go back to speak to Father Batty?

5. Where do Dean and Astrid live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes does Anton see as someone drives him to the hospital to see his father?

2. Why does Astrid call Anton at the beginning of "Pa"?

3. When does Jake go to see Father Batty and what does he learn?

4. Why does Desiree arrange for Jake to talk to a medium, and how successful is the visit?

5. When does Manie die, and where are the family when he passes on?

6. How often has Anton seen Astrid in the years since their mother's funeral, and how has she changed?

7. What does Astrid do after she sees how lovely Amor looks now?

8. When Amor is driven to the farm, what does she see at the spot where the farm begins?

9. What has Amor done since she left the farm, and what has she learned?

10. What do the detectives who are handling Astrid's murder know about and think of Jake, her husband?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Amor is 13 when her mother dies. How does Amor react to her mother’s death? Is she in denial?

Essay Topic 2

Salome is a Black woman who works for the Swarts. How does racism affect Salome in The Promise?

Essay Topic 3

An inciting incident is an event in literature that begins the action of a story, and presents a question that the protagonists and readers want an answer to. What are the inciting incidents in the first two sections of The Promise? What do these events trigger? How do they affect characters and their paths?

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