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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 Russ’s church?

2. Why does Russ have an accident in his car when he is with Frances?

3. Which of Perry’s family members finds him drunk at the Haefle party?

4. Who sells Larry the marijuana that his mother finds in his bedroom?

5. What disease kills Shirley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Frances Cottrell’s marriage like to her husband before he died?

2. Why does Russ feel justified to begin an affair with the widow Frances Cottrell?

3. What is the reason Ronnie’s mother becomes so angry with Frances for drawing with her son Ronnie?

4. Why does Becky say that Shirley’s death was like that of Eleanor Rigby?

5. What happens when Marion tells her therapist, Sophie, about the abortion that Marion had tried to have when she was younger?

6. Why does Shirley give $13,000 to Becky in a will as an inheritance?

7. Why does Clem feel that he has exhausted his relationship with Becky?

8. Why did Russ not appreciate Marion’s loyalty to him in regard to her also not liking Ambrose?

9. How does Clem realize Russ is “blackening” Rick Ambrose’s name?

10. Why does Marion believe that her “acting had mesmerized Bradley Grant,” and does this make her more like her actress sister Shirley?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on why you think that the author named the book Crossroads, as well as what type of crossroads the main characters faced in their lives in the course of the book.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on why Clem lost respect for his father Russ during the Arizona church mission trip which sparked Russ’s humiliation. Had Clem been losing trust and respect for Russ leading up to this event? Cite specific examples as to why Clem stopped all communication with his father over the course of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay regarding how Marion changed and developed after her weekly psychiatrist sessions with Sophie. In flashbacks, what did Marion learn about herself by talking to a psychiatrist every week about her past life?

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