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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 Muffin?
2. What does the ringing of the cowbell signify to the Mulvaney family?
3. How old is Judd when Patrick makes his request?
4. What is the name of Marianne's horse?
5. Where does Lydia Bethune say she has been seeing Marianne when she should have been in school?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the chapter, "Imminent Mortality", how does Michael Sr. react to the news that his daughter has been raped?
2. What does Lydia Bethune tell Corrine about Marianne and what bothers her the most about the revelation?
3. What kind of relationship does Michael Sr. have with his own father?
4. Judd happens upon his father talking to his older brothers about some kind of secret. What is the discussion about and what is the significance of the discussion?
5. 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?
6. What role does Marianne's brother Patrick play the night of the Valentine's Dance that haunts him years after that night?
7. What is Michael's reaction when Mort Lundt explains that he grounded his son for six weeks as though what his son did was bad, but not criminal?
8. What is the toll on Judd as his siblings leave home?
9. What questions are triggered about himself as Patrick thinks about the drawing, "The Huntsman?"
10. What is revealed about the experience of Michael Sr. and Corrine becoming parents to their four children?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Have the students write an essay about Michael Mulvaney's relationship with his own father and how that might have impacted the kind of father he was.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
What is the purpose behind Patrick setting off the stink bomb at his graduation? Is he bitter about the way people are treating his family? Is it a prank meant to show off how intelligent he is? Is it a way to get out of giving the valedictorian speech? What other possible reasons might he have had?
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