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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Portia suddenly take up drinking and arrive at her father's house drunk?
2. What does Jake's fellow workers think he is?
3. How does Mr. Singer feel about his four routine visitors?
4. Who does Jake decide to go see after he remembers Mr. Singer was dead?
5. Where do Jake and Mr. Singer go in the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 13?
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
Evaluate the composition written by the young boy and determine what were the problems Doctor Copeland had with the composition.
Essay Topic 3
Mick Kelly's dream was to be a famous pianist. Was this dream realistic? What would she have had to overcome to achieve her dream? What talent, if any, did she show in the story that might lead the reader to believe this dream might come true one day? Did Mick see being a pianist as a means to travel around the world, or were the dreams to play piano and travel independent of one another?
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