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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. Where are Jules and Nadine at the end of Chapter 6 of the second book?
2. Where does Loretta rent a room?
3. Why is Jules so anxious at the bank when cashing Bernard's checks?
4. Why does Bernard give Jules three hundred dollars?
5. What pretense does Jules use to visit Nadine?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Maureen want to marry Jim?
2. How does Loretta deal with Maureen's condition?
3. What is Jules doing while Maureen is recovering?
4. What has changed about Maureen as a result of her catatonia?
5. To whom does Maureen write her letters?
6. How does Mrs. Wendall react to the barn fire?
7. How does Jules reunite with Nadine?
8. What happens when Loretta visits her father for the first time after her marriage?
9. What does Maureen write about one of her other professors?
10. Who is helping Maureen to come out of her catatonia?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Howard dies, Jules struggles to remember anything about him, and knows only that he doesn't want to suffer the same fate with his own children. Why do you think this is so? Does Jules know why he feels this way about his father? Do you think he has a plan for how to avoid this fate with his children? What are some factors that contributed to Jules' lack of a relationship with his father? How might Jules remedy these problems with his own children? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 2
Violence is another prominent theme throughout the course of the novel. How do violent actions, perpetuated by the main characters and others, affect the lives of the main characters? What changes occur as a result of these actions? Why does the theme of violence seem so closely related with the theme of poverty? Do you think that a less poverty-stricken lifestyle would have resulted in less violence in the lives of the main characters? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 3
The pronoun "them" is not only the title of the novel, but it is an idea alluded to many times throughout the story. What does the author mean by "them"? Who is she talking about? What point is she trying to convey by grouping so many different people under a single pronoun? What effect does the usage of this term have on your perception of the characters? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
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