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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 country does Hazel Marie travel to?

2. What are the thieves suspected of watching?

3. While in the motel, what does Julia tell Lloyd to order?

4. Who accompanies Julia on her test drive?

5. When Julia, Etta Mae, and Lloyd return from the fast food restaurant with lunch, what do they discover that Frank Tuttle has procured?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Etta Mae react to Frank's unusual appearance?

2. Why does Julia make Frank ride in the back seat of the car on the way to the airport?

3. How does Lloyd respond to the prospect of the trip to Florida?

4. How does Julia react to the Atlanta traffic?

5. What is LuAnne Conover's response to Julia's phone call?

6. How does Julia perceive Etta Mae?

7. What is Lillian's concern over Julia's habit of calling Lloyd, "Little Lloyd"?

8. Why does Julia take the motel room's only chair and leave Frank in the bed?

9. Whom does Julia call for help and why?

10. How does Julia conclude that one of her friends must have stolen the jewelry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author shows the negative aspects of alcoholism in the book? How does alcoholism affect Frank Tuttle physically and emotionally? How might it affect his business and most likely his finances? Does Julia's insistence on Frank's sobriety help him recover from his addiction?

Essay Topic 2

What role does fate play in Julia's quest to recover the stolen jewelry? How does Frank Tuttle explain Julia's good luck and how does this affect his character? What are some examples of Julia's good luck that Frank refers to? How is fate different from good luck?

Essay Topic 3

How do Julia's actions in Target and at the West Palm Beach house (selling Bibles) contradict her appearance as a "moral" person? How do Julia's actions contrast with her previous judgment about other people's morality and character? How might her actions affect the moral influence she has over other characters?

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