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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 is Willie's occupation?

2. What does Mary hope the people in town will stop doing to Ethan after hearing her fortune read?

3. Where was Ethan when his family fortune was lost?

4. What does Ethan say is filling the country at this time?

5. What is Mary planning to do with her best friend at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marullo want to do to save money at the beginning of the book?

2. What does Ethan dream about on Easter Sunday?

3. What do Mary and Ethan argue about as they walk home from the Bakers' house, and how does it end?

4. What does Baker say to Ethan about the investment he wants him to get involved in?

5. What is the contest that Ethan's children want to join?

6. What was Mary's response to the fortune that Margie read for her?

7. What are the possible prizes for winning the contest that Ethan's children want to join?

8. What did Ethan like to shoot as a child, and what ended his love for hunting?

9. What is Ethan's strategy to get rid of a bad memory, and where did he learn this?

10. What does Mary say to Ethan after he offers Allen a job, and how does he respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Power and greed are two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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