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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 job does Jessie get?

2. What items does Jack buy on credit at Schulte's store?

3. Why do so many people congregate upon Jack's return?

4. Who is the bookkeeper at the grain elevator?

5. What is the purpose of Jessie's visit to the Hold Mercury office in January of 1977?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the people of Holt so angry at Charlie Soames?

2. Who becomes the target of the townspeople's wrath when they cannot get any justice through Charlie Soames?

3. What is Jessie like, and what do the townspeople think of her?

4. What is revealed about Jack that infuriates the people in Holt?

5. What happens to Pat's marriage to Nora after the death of their daughter?

6. What does Jack do that shows why he came back to Holt, and what do his actions do to Pat?

7. Why do the townspeople feel cheated of justice, and who do they turn their wrath toward when they cannot take legal action against Charlie Soames?

8. How does Jessie find out that Jack has returned to town?

9. Why are the people in Holt so angry at Charlie Soames?

10. What is the only thing Jessie can think to do in order to repay the townspeople for Jack's crime?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Betrayal is an important theme in "Where You Once Belonged". Can you cite an example to support this theme? Name two other themes and cite examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of women in the mid- to late-20th century when the women in the novel are living their lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? What freedoms do they have that women in prior times did not have?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Jack Burdette and Pat Arbuckle. As young men, both are trying to carve out new lives but seem to have different methods and goals. How are Jack and Pat alike? How are they different? On what things do they agree? What is the thing that threatens to separate them? What other similarities and dissimilarities are there between the two characters?

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