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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Milo do in the weeks following the death of the baby?

2. What does Wesley decide to do?

3. Why can Rosacoke not return home on foot?

4. Who is Sammy?

5. Who is Miss Marina?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rosacoke was friends with Mildred and Sammy who were both black. Explain the significance of Rosacoke's continuing friendship with black people in the rural American South during the 1960s. What is revealed about Rosacoke's character in her faithfulness to her friends during this time period?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does the author use the setting he does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Wesley. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him, if anything, at this point in his life?

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