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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 Ada's fear about dying?

2. Where does Jeeter want to go to sell his goods?

3. What does Dude try to get from Jeeter?

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

5. How does Jeeter fix Lov's problems with Pearl?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What distracts Lov from his bag of turnips?

4. Why is Lov's visit with the turnips almost torturous for Jeeter?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What do the physical deformities of the characters seem to mirror?

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

Explain Caldwell's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where he did.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one theme in the novel. Identify at least two themes in the story and then cite an example to support each theme.

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