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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. Where does Jeeter want to go to sell his goods?
(a) Augusta.
(b) Macon.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Columbus.

2. Sister Bessie likes to think of herself as _______________.
(a) a beautiful woman.
(b) more intelligent than anyone she knows.
(c) a reformed prostitute.
(d) a sort of minister.

3. As the novel begins, Lov is walking home from what town?
(a) Fuller.
(b) Maysville.
(c) Greensboro.
(d) Hunter.

4. What is Lov's last name?
(a) Wright.
(b) Jones.
(c) Bensey.
(d) Stone.

5. What animal crawled out of Jeeter's father's coffin at the funeral?
(a) Squirrel.
(b) Rat.
(c) Gopher.
(d) Raccoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brand of car does Jeeter have?

2. How many children have Jeeter and Ada had?

3. What does Dude try to get from Jeeter?

4. Sister Bessie says that God made Ellie May deformed _____________________.

5. What does Jeeter promise to do to pay for his past sexual sins?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who does Jeeter think Pearl is most like?

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

8. What does Sister Bessie do before she and Dude proceed to the courthouse for a marriage license?

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

10. What type of work do Lov Bensey and Jeeter Lester do?

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