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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 town is not on any maps?

2. What does Stella tell Kennedy to keep from her father?

3. Why is Stella always jumpy around Black people?

4. Who does Desiree run into at a bar in Mallard?

5. Where does Jude move to in her first year of college?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Stella?

2. Why does Jude go shopping with Barry?

3. What does Reese need a lot of money for?

4. Who is Farrah?

5. Why does Reese yell at Jude?

6. Who was Reese before he moved to L.A.?

7. Who are Reginald and Loretta Walker?

8. Why does Jude get a second job in college?

9. Why was Stella initially terrified when she found out she was pregnant?

10. Who helps Desiree look for Stella?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore Stella and Desiree's twin identity. What does being a twin entail for these two? How does their understanding of each other and their shared twin identity change once Stella leaves and over the course of the novel? Use evidence from the text for support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine the relationship between Jude and Kennedy. What is the nature of this relationship, and why is it so complicated?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you analyze the setting of Mallard, Louisiana. What is this place, and what is it like to live there, based on the lives of the characters who have lived there? Use evidence from the text for support.

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