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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 kinds of stories did Ginny's grandmother tell her?

2. What does Mary Rose think the air around her house smells like?

3. What happens to the woman moving in across the street from Corrine in Part I?

4. What does Gloria ask Mary Rose for when she is at the door?

5. Who is Ginny's husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Part I, how does Potter handle the event of his own death in regards to Corrine?

4. In Part I, what does Gloria do to the old man and woman who are watching her as she considers getting into Strickland's truck?

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

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

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

8. What does Suzanne Ledbetter tell Mary Rose about Potter that Mary Rose has never heard before?

9. What happens frequently to Mary Rose after moving to town that unsettles and enrages her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What roles do racism, bigotry and bias play in the townspeople's perceptions of what happened between Dale Strickland and Gloria Ramirez? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Wetmore's treatment of the theme of hypocrisy in this novel, especially as it relates to the conduct of devoutly religious characters.

Essay Topic 3

Mary Rose Whitehead and Ginny Pierce share the experience of becoming teenage mothers at about the same time, but Ginny leaves her child while Mary Rose decides to stay with hers. Write an essay comparing and contrasting the experiences and actions of Ginny and Mary Rose, especially as they pertain to motherhood.

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