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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. Why do the men in Debra Ann's story think the woman with the red hair is a witch?
(a) She grew a beautiful garden on her own after surviving tragedy, and there is illness in the town.
(b) She has killed men in their tracks with her bare hands.
(c) She has money that no one can figure out how she got.
(d) She has often been seen muttering curses.

2. 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 parents die in a fire.
(c) Her husband and children die in a blizzard.
(d) She has many miscarriages.

3. What happens to Alma in Part III?
(a) She is picked up by border patrol and deported.
(b) She is stabbed.
(c) She is in a bad car accident.
(d) She is robbed.

4. Why is Mary Rose crying so hard as the storm approaches?
(a) Out of guilt.
(b) Out of sadness.
(c) Out of rage.
(d) Out of suspicion.

5. What does Mary Rose call Strickland's defense lawyer in Part IV while she is on the stand?
(a) The devil.
(b) A pimp.
(c) A piece of shit.
(d) A liar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Victor tell Glory in the hospital?

2. What did Ginny used to show Debra Ann on their trips home from West Odessa?

3. Who watches Mary Rose's children while she testifies at Strickland's trial?

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

5. What does Suzanne tell Lauralee while they sit in the car together at football practice?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Debra Ann propose she can do to help Jesse get his truck back?

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

4. In Part III, what does Glory remember her Uncle Victor saying to her in the hospital when he first saw her after the rape?

5. In Part IV, what does Aimee tell Debra Ann about her father and mother?

6. In Part IV, why does the judge hold Mary Rose in contempt and put her in jail for a few hours?

7. 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?

8. What does Corrine remember as one of the hardest times in her marriage to Potter?

9. In Part III, how does talking with Tina Allen change Glory's outlook about what has happened to her?

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

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