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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 is Tone's full name?

2. What does Wilma want Esme to do with her baby?

3. Who works in Mrs. Kennedy's garden that Lala encounters for a second time in Chapter 21?

4. Where does Lala first meet Tone?

5. Which neighbor of Adan's is convinced he is a bad seed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who teaches Adan the ins and outs of a life of crime?

2. How does Lala get the money for Baby's funeral?

3. Where does Lala stumble in Part III after a particularly bad beating by Adan?

4. What story does Adan start telling just between himself and Lala about Baby's death?

5. Why does Tone feel partially responsible for Baby's death?

6. What proposition does Adan bring to Tone in Part IV?

7. What incident prompts Adan's first beating by his Auntie Petra?

8. Why is Sergeant Beckles so anxious to solve the mystery of Baby's death?

9. How does Mira feel after Peter's children leave with their mother, Peter's first wife?

10. What are some reasons Lala does not leave Adan after he starts beating her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Tone feel partially responsible for Baby's death? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Jones explain and describe the rapid disintegration of Tone's and Adan's relationship in the latter part of this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What does Lala's wedding ring, and the manner in which Adan procures it, symbolize about their entire marriage and relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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