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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. What is Lov carrying on his way home?

2. Who does Sister Bessie hug to enjoy the feel of his body?

3. What does Dude try to get from Jeeter?

4. How is Lov related to Jeeter?

5. What is Jeeter's last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sister Bessie tell Jeeter about her remarrying?

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

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

5. Why has Jeeter never ventured out to find work after the farm failed?

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

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

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

9. What is the irony of Jeeter's situation of living on land his family once owned?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Dude. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him--if anything--at this point?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Pearl and Ellie May. Why was Lov conflicted with choosing the best one for his wife? What qualities does Lov see in each that he desires? What qualities are undesirable for him?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the role of the family in TOBACCO ROAD. What does it mean for each of the main characters? How does the Lester family disintegrate in its lack of support of each other? How has Jeeter failed as the patriarchal figure in the novel? Explain.

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