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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) Sex.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Love.

2. Jeeter hopes to sell a load of ____________ if he can get his car running.
(a) peaches.
(b) firewood.
(c) turnips.
(d) cotton.

3. Who does Sister Bessie hug to enjoy the feel of his body?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Lov.
(c) Jeeter.
(d) Dude.

4. Why does Jeeter think the cannot leave the land?
(a) He made a promise to his father.
(b) He can make the farm work again.
(c) It is in his soul.
(d) He could not live in the city.

5. Ada thinks that Pearl is most like ____________.
(a) Jeeter.
(b) Grandma Lester.
(c) Ada.
(d) Dude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Jeeter's family run out of?

2. How old is Pearl?

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

4. Sister Bessie announces that God wants her to marry ____________.

5. Which family does Lov see on the way home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Name some of the ways that Jeeter has let people down in his life.

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

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

7. Who does Ada think Pearl is most like?

8. Why is Jeeter and Ada's lack of concern about Dude marrying Sister Bessie so strange?

9. What is Jeeter's biggest fear about dying and what happened to create this fear in him?

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

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