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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 Jude want to do after college?

2. What is 'The Midnight Marauders'?

3. Who is Peg Davis?

4. Why does Jude get a cleaning job?

5. What does Kennedy go back to school for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kennedy confess to Jude backstage?

2. Who does Jude feel whenever Barry insults Kennedy?

3. What does Jude give Kennedy in New York?

4. How does Stella get an office job in New Orleans?

5. What neighborhood woman does Stella befriend in L.A.?

6. Why does Kennedy get so drunk at the cast party?

7. What does Kennedy tell Jude about her mother's background during the musical run?

8. Why does Stella go back to Mallard?

9. Who does Jude bump into at the Stardust Theater?

10. Who does Jude introduce herself to on her last night working at the Stardust Theater?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss the tone and writing style of the author. Use evidence from the text for support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine how The Vanishing Half handles the concept of returning home. Which characters in the novel return home, and why? In what ways has their understanding of or relationship to home changed or stayed the same since returning? Use evidence from the text for support.

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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