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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 does Locke say is all he ate on a train from Washington to San Francisco?

2. What does Ginny try to focus on during her labor pains?

3. Which insects are attracted to the sticky substance in #66?

4. What does Ginny encounter when she is walking to the place in #104?

5. What did other people tell Ginny when she was fifteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a pound party and what is its purpose?

2. What is the basis of Tom's dislike of Lily?

3. What feelings and memories are rekindled in Tom while watching Ginny at the revival?

4. What does Locke recall about a train trip from Washington to San Francisco?

5. How does Tom feel about Florrie and what does Ginny think about having Florrie around?

6. How does Ginny behave after the revival?

7. Who is Ginny's first child and in what way does she think her marriage changes?

8. Describe Locke's encounter with a demon-possessed man in the Philippines.

9. Describe Ginny's encounter with a demon spirit as she tries to walk to Sunset Rock prior to her baby being born.

10. What happens at the revival where the perpetrators yell about "baptisms of fire"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Ginny's truest pleasure as she notes it at the end of the book? Does the author surprise you with the answer? What else could be construed as a great pleasure for Ginny? Is she surprised herself when she learns what it is?

Essay Topic 2

Disappointment takes on an almost human persona in this story. What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does the author use the setting he does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

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