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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 Birk?"

2. Why does Patrick call the Lundts in March?

3. What does Zachary do when Patrick stops his car and points a rifle at him?

4. What does Corrine say after they scatter her husband's ashes?

5. What happens to Michael Sr. in Rochester?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Patrick explain to Judd the reason he doesn't want to see their parents?

2. In the chapter, "Tears," what is it that Marianne is patiently waiting for?

3. What bothers Judd the most after his father's death when they go to scatter his ashes?

4. What can be said about Michael Sr.'s life after he leaves Corrine?

5. What does Corrine mean by Marianne's rag-quilt life?

6. What does Dr. Whittaker West do for Marianne that makes her very grateful?

7. At what kind of place is Judd as he heads to the Fourth of July celebration in 1993?

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

9. What is the nightmare about that awakens a terrified Patrick just fifteen days before his plan to confront Zach Lundt?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

In what way is Mike Jr.'s leaving different from the way Michael Sr. left his family when he was a teen? In what ways is it the same?

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