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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. When does the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans affirm the $100,000 wrongful death verdict?

2. At the end of Chapter 36, what lunch are Joel, Stella, and Liza served at Whitfield?

3. How long had the Bannings had their land in Chapter 41?

4. When does Florry say that Liza told Pete that she had a miscarriage?

5. How long did Pete and Clay spend at O'Donnell?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the guerrillas take out a bridge on the Zapote River in Chapter 34?

2. Why are Jackie's parents not invited to her wedding to Errol?

3. What happens when Liza's body is found?

4. What does McLeish do when he takes over the land?

5. How did Clay and Pete escape a Japanese ship transporting them to Japan for slave labor?

6. What was the truth about Liza's affair?

7. Why does Joel rent the garage under his apartment in Oxford?

8. In Chapter 46, how does Liza escape from Whitfield?

9. In Chapter 43, why does Joel tell Wilbanks that he probably will not take the associate's position he is offering him?

10. In Chapter 33, how were Japanese planes destroyed?

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

The point of view that an author uses in a novel determines how readers view events and characters. What is the point of view of The Reckoning? How does that point of view affect how readers view events and characters?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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