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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. In Part 2, Chapter 27, what does Earley advise his unwed, pregnant sister to do?
2. Upon entering a private drive to an estate, who are Raleigh, Gates, and Mingo mistaken to be?
3. What kind of revival do Raleigh, Gates and Mingo attend in Part 2, Chapter 20?
4. Which lovers' history is detailed in Part 2, Chapter 27?
5. What instrument does Gates pretend to play when Raleigh and Mingo first arrive at the rental unit?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the prison escape that occurs as a result of the tent revival that Raleigh, Gates and Mingo visit.
2. How has the adventurous scavenger hunt changed Raleigh?
3. What one certainty does Raleigh understand about religion and what personal experience helped build that belief?
4. Describe where Toutant lives. What does he say about his unusual surroundings and what is the truth about them?
5. How does Gates intervene in the dance troupe's situation?
6. What case of mistaken identity does the drug cartel make on the mountain, and how do they act upon it?
7. Discuss the "massage parlor" that Mingo visits in Myrtle Beach.
8. Discuss the difference between Raleigh and Gates.
9. Why is Gates' excuse for the estate owners whose private driveway he enters important to the men's adventure?
10. How has Aura changed over the course of the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define falling action as an element of plot. Discuss in detail the falling action in this book. How did it flow? What role did the falling action have in the story, and how did it work?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the differences between major and minor characters in literature. Discuss Raleigh and Gates as major characters and select two other characters to analyze as minor characters. How do the minor characters fit the definition?
Essay Topic 3
What is a genre? Discuss both the genre and sub-genre categories that best describe Handling Sin. Explain your answers.
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