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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 Corrine wear when she goes away with Potter in Part III?
2. What is Corrine's grandmother's name?
3. In Part IV, when did Debra Ann last have a real bath?
4. What does Suzanne tell Lauralee she did when a boy tried to touch her without her consent once?
5. Why do the men in Debra Ann's story think the woman with the red hair is a witch?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part IV, why does the judge hold Mary Rose in contempt and put her in jail for a few hours?
2. In Part III, what is Corrine's impression of the oil booms in Texas?
3. How do the defense lawyer and the judge both treat Mary Rose when she testifies at Strickland's trial?
4. In Part III, what does Glory remember her Uncle Victor saying to her in the hospital when he first saw her after the rape?
5. At Strickland's trial, what does the defense lawyer say to Mary Rose that she knows is meant to intimidate her?
6. In Part III, what does Corrine do with Jon Ledbetter and why does Jon need this from Corrine?
7. 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?
8. In Part IV, what does Aimee tell Debra Ann about her father and mother?
9. Why does Corrine watch Aimee and the baby for Mary Rose in Part IV?
10. In Part IV, what haunts Jesse from the war?
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
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.
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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