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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. Why is Marianne disturbed about "Feathers", their bird?
2. What is written about Patrick as a baby?
3. What happens when Judd asks Patrick what happened to Marianne?
4. How does Corrine say the country club discriminates against her family?
5. How does Corrine feel about the Mt. Ephraim Country Club?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the family code discussed in the chapter by the same title, and in what way does Marianne break the code?
2. What is revealed about the experience of Michael Sr. and Corrine becoming parents to their four children?
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 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?
5. 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?
6. What does the title of the story imply in comparison to the title of the first chapter, "Storybook House?"
7. What role does Marianne's brother Patrick play the night of the Valentine's Dance that haunts him years after that night?
8. In the chapter, "Imminent Mortality", how does Michael Sr. react to the news that his daughter has been raped?
9. 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?
10. Marianne repeats the same words over and over again that she can't remember what happened the night of the dance, and that she can't give testimony against Zach. However, in the chapter, "The Penitent," there is a hint at another thing that could motivate her not to testify. What is that?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain what happens to Michael Mulvaney after his daughter is raped. Nothing seems to help him and no matter what anyone does it only seems to make him worse. Is he drinking more to numb the pain he feels? Or, is the way he feels driving him to drink? Is it really a sudden problem rising up after Marianne's rape? Explain what is happening to him and the contrast in him in the twelve-year span of his part of the story.
Essay Topic 2
What does Corrine learn about herself after Michael leaves? How does she handle life without him?
Essay Topic 3
What do Judd's realizations in the chapter "Every Heartbeat," reveal about him at that point of the story? Explain how that realization could have had an impact on his reaction to all the things that were happening to his family after Marianne's rape.
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