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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 Judd say about the newspaper where he is editor?
2. What does one realize about Judd in the opening of the chapter, "Every Heartbeat?"
3. What happens when Judd asks Patrick what happened to Marianne?
4. Who is Muffin?
5. How old is Corrine in the story she tells about December 1938?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is happening to Michael Sr. when he visits the bar in the Mt. Ephraim Country Club that causes him to throw the contents of his glass of beer into Judge Gerald Kirkland's face?
2. What role does Marianne's brother Patrick play the night of the Valentine's Dance that haunts him years after that night?
3. Outside in the building where her mother stores her antiques, Marianne searched for a picture. What is the name of the picture and why is it so important to her?
4. What exactly does Patrick mean when he says "execution of justice?"
5. What questions are triggered about himself as Patrick thinks about the drawing, "The Huntsman?"
6. What event occurs to Corrine in 1938 that she attributes to providence, and why does she say she is spared from death?
7. As one reads about the Valentine's Dance and Marianne Mulvaney being the only junior elected to the King and Queen's court, what do we learn about her?
8. What happens at the rock concert that Patrick attends that Judd believes sets off a long series of criminal events in which he assisted Patrick?
9. What is revealed about the experience of Michael Sr. and Corrine becoming parents to their four children?
10. What is the family code discussed in the chapter by the same title, and in what way does Marianne break the code?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are the reasons Marianne leaves her job at the Co-Op? What are her reasons for leaving her job with Miss Hagstrom? Compare the reasons. Are there any common denominators that might explain what is going on inside Marianne's head at those points in the story? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Explain what sending Marianne away to live with a cousin they hardly knew was supposed to accomplish. After reading the entire story, does it accomplish that? If not, why not?
Essay Topic 3
What is the symbolism of the country club to Michael Mulvaney and how does it differ from what it symbolizes to his wife, Corrine? They both appeared to view the country club from different perspectives. Why is that?
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