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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 does Debra Ann take from Mrs. Shepard's that she and Jesse eat together?

2. What does Mary Rose call her gun?

3. Whose face does Mary Rose flick water into in Part II?

4. Which street does Corrine live on?

5. What does Dale Strickland ask Mary Rose that unsettles Mary Rose immediately?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Debra Ann take things from to give to Jesse Belden and what are some of the things she steals?

2. In Part II, what does Corrine say to Suzanne Ledbetter when Suzanne starts spreading malicious gossip about Gloria Ramirez?

3. In Part II, what does Ginny briefly consider before leaving town?

4. In Part I, how many mistakes did Mary Rose make and what were they?

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

6. In Part I, what is one major reason why Gloria changes her name to Glory after her rape?

7. What injury does Jesse Belden have that made it so that he did not notice Debra Ann coming into his hiding place?

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

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

10. In Part I, how did Mary Rose feel about leaving the isolated farm house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the images, ideas, and feelings that haunt Mary Rose after the morning she helps Gloria Ramirez? How does Mary Rose deal with the trauma she has experienced as a result of Gloria's knock on her door? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

When Corrine and Potter take a trip in their truck to the mountains shortly after Alice's birth, their relationship changes in some profound ways. Write an essay exploring how Corrine's and Potter's relationship is different after this trip, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Wetmore includes two folktales or legends in this book, one told to Debra Ann by her mother Ginny and the other told to Glory Ramirez by her Uncle Victor. Both tales include the deaths of children and the persecution and/or revenge of those children's mothers. Write an essay analyzing Wetmore's meanings in each of the two tales, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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