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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. Which of the Lester children has ambition?
(a) Ellie May.
(b) Dud.
(c) Pearl.
(d) Jed.

2. What role will Sister Bessie's new husband take on?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Handyman.
(c) Traveling minister.
(d) Farmer.

3. Why is Lov concerned about Pearl?
(a) She seems depressed.
(b) She won't eat.
(c) She won't talk to him.
(d) She tries to run away.

4. What does Jeeter promise to do to pay for his past sexual sins?
(a) Go to a sex addiction clinic.
(b) Go to church more often.
(c) Get baptized.
(d) Castrate himself.

5. Why had Lov refused to marry Ellie May?
(a) She is retarded.
(b) She is too tall.
(c) She has a harelip.
(d) She has an obnoxious laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pearl?

2. Why is Jeeter no longer working?

3. Who does Jeeter say he would marry if he were not already married?

4. What does Jeeter steal?

5. What is Sister Bessie's church?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the name of the book, TOBACCO ROAD, come from?

2. With whom does Jeeter share the bag of turnips?

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

4. Why does Sister Bessie want to marry a boy like Duke?

5. At whose home does Lov stop on the way home from town and what is he carrying with him?

6. What is Lov's problem about choosing between Pearl and Ellie May?

7. How does Jeeter justify Ellie May's illicit behavior?

8. Who does Ada think Pearl is most like?

9. Who does Jeeter think Pearl is most like?

10. Who is Sister Bessie and what does she pray for when Jeeter returns home?

(see the answer keys)

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