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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. Where is Judd to pick up the guns after Patrick is finished with them?

2. What happens to Corrine's antiques?

3. What does Corrine say to Judd when she invites him to a Fourth of July cookout?

4. What does Patrick start doing the winter before he executes his plan?

5. Where does Patrick expect to capture Zachary Lundt?

Short Essay Questions

1. While he waits for Zach Lundt to come out of the Cobb's Corner bar, who besides Zach Lundt does Patrick also think about shooting?

2. What is it that Marianne fears about people making too much of her, worrying about her, or touching her?

3. What makes Patrick decide to let Zach live?

4. How does Corrine react to Judd's moving away from home?

5. Why does Mike Jr. visit his father in Rochester?

6. Why, after Marianne admits she is in love with Abelove, doesn't she want to accept his proposal?

7. What happens when Judd tries to protect his mother from his father's abuse?

8. Why does Marianne run away from the Green Isle Co-Op without a word to anyone?

9. What happens after Michael Sr. files for bankruptcy?

10. What is happening to Marianne's grades in college and why is it happening?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Michael suddenly spend more time with his old friends at the Wolf's Lake Inn after Marianne's rape? Is he in need of moral support or acceptance? Is he too embarrassed or angry about what happened to his daughter to get that from friends from Mt. Ephraim? Does he have any friends left in Mt. Ephraim? What is the difference between the friends at Wolf's Lake Inn and those who belonged to the Mt. Ephraim Country Club?

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

Examine the reaction of the family to the trauma of Marianne's rape and the changes they all underwent because of it. Are the actions of the people in town avoiding them part of what causes those changes, or are the changes part of what causes the people in town to avoid them? Explain your answer.

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