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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. Where does Jake go with the fruit basket it purchased.

2. What magazine does Mick look at when she went to the library?

3. Where does Singer move?

4. What happens to Dr. Copeland at the family reunion?

5. Who does Dr. Copeland tell his guests about at the Christmas party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What three things does Antonapoulos like to do most?

2. How does Jake Blount react when he realizes Mister Singer was deaf and mute?

3. In spite of Doctor Copeland seeming to set himself above the other African-Americans in town, how did he feel about them?

4. Why did Biff Brannon seem to be closer to his wife than they were when she was alive?

5. Why does Jake insist on going to visit Willie after hears about the young man's situation?

6. In Part 2, Chapter 11, how is Mick affected by the changes in her family?

7. What bothered Doctor Copeland when he attended the family reunion?

8. After living without his friend for over a year, why did the death of the other man push Mister Singer to suicide?

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

10. What place did Mick Kelly favor during her long walks at night, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the statement Mick made in the story about how lonesome a person can be in a crowded room. Why was this true for her? Did this have anything to do with Mick's "inside" and "outside" rooms? If so, how did it relate to them?

Essay Topic 3

Most of the characters intertwined with one another throughout the novel; however, most had an independent relationship with John Singer. In what ways was his role in the story important? Would the entire novel have had enough substance without him in the story? What role did he play?

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