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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 the best meal Jesse tells Debra Ann he ever had?

2. Who is Ginny's husband?

3. Which woman in the neighborhood watches all the children and calls their parents if they are doing something wrong?

4. What has Gloria's uncle told her you call a soldier who panics?

5. How does Debra Ann find the man who is living in the drain pipe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Gloria's relationship with her mother Alma like in Part I of the book?

2. What does Mary Rose do that she never tells anyone about a few months before becoming pregnant with the son she is currently nursing in Part II?

3. In Part I, what does Mary Rose Whitehead think will be one of her happiest moments when she is on her deathbed?

4. In Part I, why does Debra Ann like coming to the Shepard house so much?

5. In Part I, why had it been a bad winter for the Whitehead family?

6. What does Debra Ann want most in the world that she asks her paper fortune-teller?

7. What does Mary Rose do at the church meeting in Part II that makes many in the town turn against her?

8. In Part I, what does Dale Strickland tell Mary Rose happened between him and Gloria?

9. Why do Debra Ann and Jesse seem to form a bond so quickly with each other?

10. Why is Debra Ann's name not spelled the way Ginny wanted it to be?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What affect does Glory's conversation with Tina at the motel pool have on Glory's own perception of what Dale Strickland did to her? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

After her brutal rape and physical assault, Gloria Ramirez cannot bear to be called by the same name any longer and she insists that people call her "Glory." Write an essay analyzing the symbolism of Gloria's name change to Glory, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why is Corrine determined to keep herself apart from the women who are active in the church group in Odessa, and how is Corrine different from all of those women in her attitudes, actions and outlook? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

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