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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. Which artist had a popular song featuring Gloria's name in 1976?

3. Who is Corrine's daughter?

4. Why is Mary Rose's phone constantly ringing?

5. What kind of jacket did Gloria wear on Valentine's Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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

Write an essay analyzing the parallels Wetmore draws between Gloria's rape and the desecration and destruction of the land around Odessa due to the oil trade, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How would you describe Corrine Shepard's feelings about work and motherhood? How were they different from those of many other women in her town? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

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