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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 kind of day does Patty say it is the next morning?

2. What is the only reason Nin isn't badly hurt?

3. What does Jamie worry his mother has forgotten?

4. What does the sign at the gun stall say?

5. What is the name of Earl's ex-wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jamie persuade Patty to take him to the carnival?

2. What is Jamie's opinion of Van?

3. What does Jamie fantasize about Earl?

4. How does Earl calm Jamie down at the end of this section?

5. What are the alternatives to staying in the trailer?

6. What do Patty and Jamie talk about when Earl goes to work?

7. How does Jamie make Patty angry in this section?

8. What is Jamie thinking as he waits for his mother in the car?

9. What is Jamie's last memory of Van?

10. Who is Agnes and what is her role in the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What will happen to the characters in the future? What happens in the book that suggests the characters lives will map out like this?

Essay Topic 2

How does Patty react to Van's violence? In what way does her reaction create more problems for her and her children? How could she have dealt with the problem better?

Essay Topic 3

What is Jamie's first reaction to seeing Van throw Nin across the room? How does Jamie's mother's reaction effect his own feelings about the incident?

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