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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. Who is Howard Wendall?

2. What does Nadine know about why Bernard was killed?

3. How did Bernard make most of his money?

4. Where is Howard living, after the war?

5. Who is Bernie Malin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why hasn't Maureen been able to get a job?

2. How does Jules reunite with Nadine?

3. What happens to Jules in Tulsa?

4. How does Jules' relationship with Nadine end?

5. Why does Maureen want to marry Jim?

6. What do Maureen and Jules talk about when Jules visits her in Dearborn?

7. What is Loretta's reputation as a teenager?

8. What is Maureen's situation at the beginning of the third book?

9. How does Jules meet Bernard?

10. What happens to Loretta after her building burns down during the riots?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jules is involved with a series of women in his life, each of them very different from the others. Who are these women? Do they have one thing in common that attracts Jules to them? If so, what is it? How healthy are these relationships? What does each of these women have to offer Jules? What do they each take from him? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

One of the literary techniques employed by the author is that of switching viewpoints between the characters. How effective is this technique? Why? What does it help to accomplish? Is there another, more effective way to accomplish the same result? If so, what is it? Did you like this style of writing? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

The poverty-stricken and violent lifestyle endured by Loretta, as a child, continues on to her own children. Why is the cycle perpetuated with her own children? Is there anything she could have done differently do break this cycle? What was Loretta's childhood like? How did the cycle begin? Do you think Maureen will be able to break this cycle with her own child(ren)? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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