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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 Dillon take Jackie up to Trace Mountain to see?
2. What is the color of the coat that Rachel wears that bleeds out onto her white dress when it rained?
3. Rachel's boyfriend's family is from which Southern city?
4. What was Dillon's father's job before he died?
5. Why would Rachel's mother approve of Fred?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Dillon feel compelled to lead the strike in spite of the trouble between him and Rachel?
2. What possibilities does Arthur Lee consider doing when Rachel tells him that she loves Dillon?
3. What are Dillon's feelings for Rachel and why does she try to keep him at a distance?
4. What does Jackie know about what Arthur Lee does to harm the people in the Number Thirteen community?
5. Who is Dillon Freeman and why does he idolize his dead father?
6. Why does Rachel's mother not want Rachel to marry Dillon?
7. Who is Tony Angelelli?
8. How does Tony treat Jackie when Rachel takes her very ill mother to the hospital?
9. How does Dillon's prison sentence negatively impact his relationship with Rachel?
10. How do Dillon's disappointments by people he idolizes impact his behavior?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author uses more than one instance of irony in the book. Cite at least two other examples you can identify in the novel and note why they are examples of irony.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Dillon and Tony. Both young men are trying to have a life with Rachel but seem to have different methods and goals. How are Dillon and Tony alike? How are they different? On what things do they agree? What is the thing that threatens to separate them? What other similarities and dissimilarities are there between the two characters?
Essay Topic 3
"The Unquiet Earth" is a classic story of the struggle to rise above circumstances. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category? Explain.
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