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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 does the owner of the farm look like?

2. Why does Sukey's mother die?

3. Where do the teenagers and others perform the watch duties on the farm?

4. What is Juicy's real name?

5. What does Jack think God is a metaphor for in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the soldiers who come to take over the farm do to Mattie?

2. What does Burl tell the teenagers about the state of the outside world when he leaves for diapers and baby formula?

3. Why does Evie grow frantic when the soldiers start shooting sheep?

4. Who does Evie credit with saving them from the great house and leading them to the farm, and why?

5. How does Mattie convince Jack and Shel to let their trapped animals free?

6. What shocks the teenagers about Sukey's mother when she appears at the farm to collect Sukey?

7. How does Sukey seem to react to having to care for her infant half-sister?

8. What is one reason the crew at the farm gives up keeping watch?

9. What happens to Red when he takes Evie at gunpoint out in the woods?

10. On what conditions does the owner of the farm say the teenagers and Burl are allowed to stay there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters in the novel are the most forgiving of others in their lives, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Millet treat the theme of sex from a coming-of-age point of view throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does the storm and its aftermath affect the teenagers' opinions of the parents? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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