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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. How does Jessie react to the people in town who try to befriend her?
2. What expensive item does Jack buy on credit at a jewelry store in December of 1976?
3. Who is the bookkeeper at the grain elevator?
4. How did the townspeople view Jack's disappearance from town initially?
5. Where is Jessie working?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Pat and Jessie become romantically involved?
2. What is the only thing Jessie can think to do in order to repay the townspeople for Jack's crime?
3. Who becomes the target of the townspeople's wrath when they cannot get any justice through Charlie Soames?
4. 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?
5. After Jack has been gone for awhile, what shocking and public action does Jessie take?
6. What happens to finally make the townspeople leave Jessie alone?
7. How does Jessie find out that Jack has returned to town?
8. Why does Jack's crime make the people of Holt dislike Jessie even more?
9. What job does Jessie take even though she is in the late stages of pregnancy?
10. Why are the people in Holt so angry at Charlie Soames?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of the book's title? What are some other possible titles for the book. List at least five and cite your reasons for each.
Essay Topic 2
The author uses several instances of foreshadowing in the story. Explain what foreshadowing is and cite at least two examples making sure to explain what makes each an instance of foreshadowing.
Essay Topic 3
Survival seems to be almost an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is the sense of survival? Why does it have such a prevalent place in the characters' lives? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.
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