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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 does Hank consider the most beautiful place on earth at twilight?

2. What place has a decor of Naugahyde, wood paneling, and deer heads on the wall?

3. What name does Alan refer to himself as?

4. When Henry Murray returns from a trip to New York, what gifts does he bring for the children?

5. According to Chapter 11, what is the greatest pleasure that Hollis has ever known?

Short Essay Questions

1. The house Hollis owns is falling apart and he receives satisfaction from this. Why?

2. What decision does Alan make about Hollis after Henry Murray's death?

3. How and why is Alan intent on killing himself?

4. What activities and organizations had Judith Dale volunteered for?

5. In Chapter 5, how does March find out about Hollis's return to Jenkintown and what does she do about it.

6. What relationship does March have with Richard, the man who will be her husband, when she is younger.

7. Describe Bill Justice.

8. What kind of information does Susie know as a reporter for the local newspaper?

9. When March was growing up, who was everyone's favorite lawyer and why?

10. Alan loans March money for a round trip ticket to California. What does she do while she's waiting to board the plane?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

March begins wearing Judith's emerald ring, a decision that affects Louise. Discuss the similarities in Judith and March and the symbolism of the emerald ring.

Essay Topic 2

Gwen insists on making her way through the swamp in Chapter 13 not for Hank's benefit, but for her own. Discuss Gwen's reasons for persisting through the marshes to stand on Alan's porch. What is she proving to herself?

Essay Topic 3

The reader meets Susanna Justice in Chapter 4. As adults, both Susie and March are friends, yet from March's viewpoint, Susie has always been cryptic. This calls attention to her response of, "she was something, all right" when March talks about how great Judith Dale was. What might Susie have meant by her statement?

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