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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. Who is Dale Strickland's lawyer?

2. Why does Mary Rose tell Corrine she no longer has to answer her own phone?

3. Why is Jon Ledbetter upset in Part III?

4. Why does Victor Ramirez refuse to let Glory testify?

5. Who watches Mary Rose's children while she testifies at Strickland's trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary Rose lie about on the stand in Part IV?

2. Why is Jesse saving all his money?

3. Who is taking care of Glory in her mother's absence and how does Glory seem to relate to this person?

4. What story does Suzanne tell her daughter about her reaction to unwanted touching from a boy?

5. In Part III, what happens to Alma, Glory's mother?

6. In Part III, what does Corrine do with Jon Ledbetter and why does Jon need this from Corrine?

7. What does Corrine remember as one of the hardest times in her marriage to Potter?

8. At Strickland's trial, what does the defense lawyer say to Mary Rose that she knows is meant to intimidate her?

9. In Part III, why do you think it is so important to Suzanne that she and her daughter look like the ideal woman and girl in Odessa?

10. In Part IV, why does the judge hold Mary Rose in contempt and put her in jail for a few hours?

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

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

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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