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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 does the judge use as a gavel in his courtroom in Part IV?
(a) A dried snake.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A jar of coins.
(d) A bronze bust.

2. Where did Corrine and Potter first have sex?
(a) Their first house they bought together.
(b) Under the bleachers at the high school.
(c) Corrine's childhood bedroom.
(d) Corrine's father's truck.

3. How many men made it to the woman's door in Debra Ann's story to Jesse?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

4. What tragedies befall the woman in Debra Ann's story to Jesse in Part IV?
(a) Her brother dies in a drowning accident.
(b) Her husband and children die in a blizzard.
(c) Her parents die in a fire.
(d) She has many miscarriages.

5. Who does Glory meet at the hotel pool that she ends up confiding in?
(a) Tina Allen.
(b) Corrine Shepard.
(c) Grace Cowden.
(d) Mary Rose Whitehead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Suzanne tell Lauralee she did when a boy tried to touch her without her consent once?

2. Why is Corrine angry with Alice?

3. What does the judge want Mary Rose to call him in Part IV?

4. What does the woman at the pool tell Glory about the fact that Glory got in Dale's truck?

5. Why is Suzanne unlikely to ever be able to have another baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, what fantasies does Glory have about things going differently with Dale Strickland?

2. What medical struggle is Suzanne dealing with in Part III?

3. In Part III, what happens to Alma, Glory's mother?

4. In Part III, what is Corrine's impression of the oil booms in Texas?

5. How do the defense lawyer and the judge both treat Mary Rose when she testifies at Strickland's trial?

6. Why does Victor Ramirez tell Mary Rose he will not make Glory testify?

7. What does Mary Rose lie about on the stand in Part IV?

8. Who is taking care of Glory in her mother's absence and how does Glory seem to relate to this person?

9. In Part IV, what does the judge insist Mary Rose say to him in order to appease him?

10. In Part III, why do you think it is so important to Suzanne that she and her daughter look like the ideal woman and girl in Odessa?

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