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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an important theme in the book?
(a) Love.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Redemption.
(d) Sex.

2. How old is the girl in #23?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 22.
(d) 18.

3. Who is Dude?
(a) Lov's brother.
(b) Ada's brother.
(c) Jeeter's brother.
(d) Jeeter's son.

4. How many children have Jeeter and Ada had?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 17.

5. Which of Jeeter's daughters does Lov begin to flirt with?
(a) Ellie May.
(b) Mayellen.
(c) Joetta.
(d) Daisy.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the novel begins, Lov is walking home from what town?

2. What does Sister Bessie plan to buy with her husband's life insurance policy?

3. What does Sister Bessie do before getting married?

4. Ada thinks that Pearl is most like ____________.

5. Who eats most of the turnips?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Jeeter never had the proper treatment for Ellie May's physical defect?

2. How many children have Jeeter and Ada had and what does Jeeter know about their lives now?

3. Who does Ada think Pearl is most like?

4. Who is Ellie May and why did Lov not choose her for his wife?

5. What is the deciding factor in Dude agreeing to marry Sister Bessie?

6. What does Sister Bessie also seem to have an obsession with?

7. In what way is Sister Bessie like Ellie May?

8. Who is Pearl and what are Lov's problems with her?

9. Why is Jeeter in such bad straits financially now?

10. What does Lov do when Jeeter steals his bag of turnips?

(see the answer keys)

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