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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 is the name of the best grocery store?

2. Who was hit in the abdomen with a golf ball?

3. What does Judy wear when she comes downstairs for her dinner with Dexter?

4. What reason does the main character give for quitting?

5. How is Judy's voice described?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Judy's response when Dexter asks her to marry him in Part 4?

2. What did Dexter actually do at the end of Part 5?

3. Why does Dexter not care about what the people of the town think of his actions in Part 5?

4. Describe the events that lead up to Mr. T. A. Hedrick getting struck with a golf ball.

5. How does Devlin respond to Dexter's reaction at him (Devlin) calling Judy "a pretty girl?"

6. What is Dexter's impression of the dinner at Judy's house in Part 3?

7. Why does Dexter quit caddying?

8. How does the first "official" meeting between Dexter and Judy go?

9. Describe Dexter's taste in clothes. Include a description of the clothes he wears to dinner at Judy's house in Part 3.

10. What do the old men in town mean when they say, "Now there's a boy?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dexter has feelings as well as Judy.

1. How does Dexter feel a week into his relationship with Judy?

2. How does Judy make Dexter feel in Part 5 after he has sacrificed his engagement to Irene?

3. How does Dexter feel when he learns Judy is no longer beautiful?

Essay Topic 2

Judy starts the story as a "great beauty," but her beauty fades by the end.

1. Describe the irony of Judy's marriage.

2. Compare and contrast Judy's appearance at the beginning of the story with her personality at the beginning of the story.

3. Compare and contrast Judy's appearance at the end of the story with her personality at the end of the story.

Essay Topic 3

Judy changes from the beautiful, unfaithful woman she is early in the story to a rougher looking faithful mother by the end of the story.

1. Compare and contrast Judy from Part 1 to Part 6.

2. How does Judy think about love?

3. Does Judy get what she deserves? Why or why not?

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