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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 did Potter write in his note to Corrine was his biggest regret?

2. What does Mary Rose call her gun?

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

4. Whose name and number does Corrine give out to the women as a babysitter?

5. What does Gloria do to the old man and woman watching her at the Sonic parking lot in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part II, how does Mary Rose interact with her husband Robert?

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, what does Dale Strickland tell Mary Rose happened between him and Gloria?

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

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

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

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

9. In Part I, what piece of advice from her uncle does Gloria remember as she tries to escape from Dale Strickland?

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

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What are the main sources of tension that arise in the marriage of Mary Rose and Robert Whitehead? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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