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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 color are the flowers that Jack trips and falls into in Part 2?

2. What is the name of the city in which the family reunion is taking place?

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

4. What does Beulah send Vaughn to place of Mama and Papa Beecham's grave?

5. What do many of the family members first comment on regarding the Renfro's home as they arrive at the reunion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of Judge Moody's verdict for Jack?

2. How is Julia Mortimer's funeral described?

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

4. What does Judge Moody say after admitting he had Julia Mortimer's letter for a month?

5. What is the nature of the family's discussion of Julia Mortimer's actions during a cyclone?

6. What does Brother Bethune do after Willy Trimble offers him some water in Part 2?

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

8. What happens when the rope holding Judge Moody's car snaps in Part 6?

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

10. How did Uncle Noah Webster come to find his wife Cleo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of humor in the book. What reason might the author have for putting such humor in the book? What might the author be saying about the true nature of the book's characters based on her use of humor?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book, education has been a common theme linking each part together.

Part 1.) What might the author be saying about the society of the people in the book based on this portrayal of education?

Part 2.) In what way does Julia Mortimer's character represent the positive impact education could have on the book's characters had they given her the chance?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the portrayal of loyalty in the book. What might being loyal represent to the book's characters?

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