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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. In Chapter 33, what color pickup does Jodie drive?

2. In Chapter 26, what song does Chase play that Kya remembers her mother singing?

3. In Chapter 37, who tries to warn Kya that the sheriff is looking for her?

4. What year is it in Chapter 23?

5. In Chapter 41, how long does it take Kya to walk to the reading cabin?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 43, how does Kya describe what she sees in Tate's microscope?

2. In Chapter 48, how does Kya make her trip to Greenville and what does she take with her?

3. In Chapter 36, how does the sheriff find a motive for Kya to have killed Chase?

4. In Chapter 39, what happens when Chase comes looking for Kya?

5. In Chapter 26, what is Tate doing when Kya sees him?

6. What does Kya think when Chase tries to be intimate with her in Chapter 23?

7. In Chapters 28, what does Hal Miller, a shrimper, tell the sheriff and his deputy?

8. In Chapter 29, what does Kya read in the newspaper?

9. In Chapter 27, what is the motel room like that Chase takes Kya to in Asheville?

10. In Chapter 49, how does the defense attorney try to say that Kya might have killed Chase, when she was supposed to have been in Greenville at the time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Point of view limits what readers know about characters and events. What is the point of view in the novel? How does that point of view affect what is revealed about characters and events? How does the point of view affect the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Kya has a relationship with Chase. Why does Kya accept Chase’s advances? How long is their relationship? What makes Kya end the relationship? How does Chase lie during the relationship? How does he expect the relationship to continue even after his marriage? Why is the relationship dysfunctional?

Essay Topic 3

Kya begins a writing career. What is significant about Kya’s new career? How does this development develop her character and her self-sufficiency?

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