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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 Huntsman?"

2. How does Judd find out what really happened to Marianne?

3. In the chapter titled "Phase," what does Michael Sr. begin doing late at night?

4. When does Michael realize he is in love with Corrine?

5. Where does Lydia Bethune say she has been seeing Marianne when she should have been in school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of putting a lewd drawing on the seat of Marianne's chair in French class, and what happens because of it?

2. What role does Marianne's brother Patrick play the night of the Valentine's Dance that haunts him years after that night?

3. What is revealed about Judd as he watches the dogs rush into the pond as they chase the doe he had been watching?

4. What does Judd reveal in the extremely short chapter, "Gone?"

5. What is revealed about the experience of Michael Sr. and Corrine becoming parents to their four children?

6. What is Judd's motivation to agree when his brother, Patrick, calls and confirms he is still planning to "extract justice" by possibly killing Zach Lundt?

7. Does Patrick set off the stink bomb perfectly timed to coincide with his valedictorian speech? And, if so, what reasons does he have to do it?

8. Why is Judd so insistent to find out what has happened to his sister that he put the family in such a turmoil?

9. 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?

10. What does the title of the story imply in comparison to the title of the first chapter, "Storybook House?"

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Have the students consider Marianne's reaction to the gray animal hit by the car and why she reacted the way she did. It was more than her love for animals. There is a name for it, though the medical profession was just beginning to understand it at the time this story took place. Explain what happened.

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