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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. How many generations of family members attend the reunion?

2. What does Jack say he will ride instead after finding out his truck was taken, but is told is also gone?

3. What does Gloria tell Jack that Julia Mortimer did not want for her at the end of Part 2?

4. What does Mr. Renfro suggest they use to free Judge Moody's car in Part 2?

5. How many years is Jack sentenced to prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the evidence Curly brings to the trial against Jack?

2. How does Judge Moody respond when Beulah supposes he is kin to Julia Mortimer?

3. How does Judge Moody react when Jack asks him if he had seen him somewhere before in Part 2?

4. What is the nature of Aunt Cleo and Uncle Nathan's discussion regarding his hand at the end of Part 3?

5. How is Moody's car described when Aycock gets into it just after it has wrecked?

6. What reason does Judge Moody tell the members of the reunion that he is in Banner?

7. Describe Jack and his family's interactions with Brother Bethune near the beginning of Part 2.

8. What happens once Jack, Curly, and the others try to get Judge Moody's car unstuck in Part 6?

9. How did Jack retaliate against Curly after he makes Ella Faye cry?

10. How does Gloria react after Granny Vaughn shows a picture of Sam Dale with a note on the back from her Bible?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Community plays an interesting and sometimes background role in the book.

Part 1.) Discuss what community represents to the members of the reunion?

Part 2.) How has the family tried to set themselves apart from the rest of their community?

Part 3.) What clues are given to suggest that the rest of the community in which the book is based hold similar qualities to the members of the reunion?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the nature of the family's secrets in the book. What is telling of the family based on these secrets?

Essay Topic 3

The role of identity is an ongoing theme in the book that helps develop a deeper understanding of the nature of the family members.

Part 1.) What does identity represent to the book's characters?

Part 2.) In what way does the family try and impart their identity onto outsiders, namely Gloria?

Part 3.) In what way does Gloria try and develop her own sense of identity outside of the family?

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