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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. How does Mr. Singer communicate with Antonapoulos?

2. Who is John Singer?

3. What does Portia tell her father about Willie?

4. What does Mr. Singer tell Antonapoulos about his four visitors?

5. Who is Portia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What question was plaguing Biff Brannon as he watched Mister Singer, Jake Blount, and Mick Kelly together?

2. Why is Biff Brannon so drawn to Mick Kelly?

3. Why does Mister Singer offer to take Jake Blount home with him to spend the night?

4. What does John Singer do when Antonapoulos started getting into trouble?

5. What does Jake Blount mean when he speaks about "us," saying he doesn't know how many of us there are in this country?

6. Why does Mick get so upset about the way her homemade violin sounds when she tries to play it?

7. Why does Mick apply for the job at the ten-cent store?

8. Why is Jake Blount leaving town?

9. What generally goes on inside Mick Kelly's head?

10. Why did Doctor Copeland have problems choosing the essay contest winner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the composition written by the young boy and determine what were the problems Doctor Copeland had with the composition.

Essay Topic 2

Explain communism, fascism and capitalism. How do these relate to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Research the author, Carson McCullers and determine how the character Mick may have been modeled after herself.

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