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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 the name of the person Jack helped pull a car out of a ditch for?

2. What does everyone at the reunion rely on Uncle Homer and Auntie Fay to bring to the reunion?

3. What is painted on the sign that Gloria bumps her head on?

4. What is the name of Jack's daughter with Gloria?

5. What does Willy Trimble arrive in when he enters the scene in Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens when Ella Faye went into Curly Stovall's store for a wine ball?

2. How does Aycock react after hearing Jack's verdict from Judge Moody?

3. What happened when Jack took a safe from Curly Stovall in Part 1?

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

5. What is the nature of the people passing through on the short blue bus' visit to Alliance?

6. What is the nature of the Renfro family's discussion at the breakfast table at the beginning of the book?

7. How does Gloria describe the last time she went to visit Julia Mortimer?

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

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

10. Describe what happens when Jack begins driving the school bus.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, the characters Gloria has been set apart as an outsider who often uses logical thought rather than impulses.

Part 1.) What might the author hope Gloria's character to represent?

Part 2.) What reasons does Gloria have for staying with the family this whole time?

Part 3.) How might Gloria be able to overcome her role as an outsider in the future?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the family reunion in the book. In what way does it help frame the story overall?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the nature of Jack and Gloria's relationship. What seems to be the driving force keeping them together? What might their future hold based on their discussion at the end of the book?

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