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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. Who is Ruby Hill's brother in A STROKE OF GOOD FORTUNE?

2. What does Haze discover when he returns to his hometown?

3. With what is Ruby obsessed?

4. What is the salesman trying to sell to the Hopewells?

5. Which of the following is NOT the name of one of the daughters in GOOD COUNTRY PEOPLE?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is an overriding worry that the grandmother has while on the trip?

2. What is unusual about the church that Motes establishes?

3. How is Emory representative of Revelations?

4. What is the premise of A LATE ENCOUNTER WITH THE ENEMY?

5. What is the house that the grandmother wants her grandchildren to see on the trip?

6. How do the Hopewells treat the Bible salesman?

7. Who are Asa and Sabbath Hawks and what is their relationship to Motes?

8. How does the author show that Motes is a conflicted man?

9. In what way does Motes imitate Hawks?

10. Who is Enoch Emory and what is his relationship to Motes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Select three characters from any of the stories and project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for their lives. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.

Essay Topic 2

The frustration of unfulfilled affection touches several characters in the stories. Name at least two characters who experience unfulfilled love and the situations that occur as a result.

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Walter Tilman. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him--if anything--at this point in him life?

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