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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. In Chapter 18, what day of the week does Pete say that Joel and Stella can go to see their mother?

2. Where do Stella and Joe meet with their father in Chapter 11?

3. At the end of Chapter 7, how often does Florry say that Pete would drive to Whitfield to see Liza?

4. How often is the local paper, The Ford County Times, published?

5. When did the Banning family receive notice that Pete had been captured and was presumed dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Ernie Dowdle, and what is his job?

2. Who is Clay Wample and why does he come to Clantonr?

3. Why did Nineva resent Liza when she first moved to the Banning home?

4. How is the burying of Bell handled?

5. How does Pete kill Reverend Bell?

6. Where is Pete's funeral held and his body buried?

7. When did MacArthur flee Corregidor, and where did he go?

8. Who start arriving before Pete's execution and why?

9. How did Pete and Liza meet?

10. What does John Wilbanks, the Banning family lawyer, tell Florry about Pete's case?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Miscegenation laws make it illegal for blacks and whites to have sexual relationships. Why is a grand jury asked to prosecute a white man and a black woman? How does the author use irony regarding this law to make a statement, and what might that statement be?

Essay Topic 2

How does the author use Errol McLeish and Jackie Bell to represent greed in the novel? What is the author's message to readers about greed?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is a literary device uses to hint at future events in a novel. How does the author uses foreshadowing in the novel? Does the use of foreshadowing increase suspense?

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