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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 company the truck driver in the opening scene works for?

2. How old does Jesus Fever's granddaughter say she was when she was first married?

3. Who does Florabel tell Joel has a crush on him?

4. What does Randolph and Amy seem incapable of providing to Joel after the tennis ball enters the room?

5. What is Joel's father's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Miss Wisteria described when Joel and Idabel first meet her?

2. How is the photo of Joel's father in his prime described?

3. What does Joel ask God for at the end of the prayer service?

4. What is the nature of Joel's letter to his Aunt Ellen?

5. How does Idabel react when Joel kisses her on the cheek?

6. How does Randolph ask Joel to bring him water in Chapter 6?

7. How does Amy react to Joel's questions about his father in Chapter 2?

8. What does Randolph tell Joel that Zoo's stories had done to him?

9. What is the nature of Joel and Florabel's conversation in Chapter 5?

10. How does Randolph injure Ed Samson?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's portrayal of the stream of consciousness in the book. What might the author be saying about the reasons for Joel's inability to accept his true self based on the portrayal of his stream of consciousness in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the significance of the book's title "Other Voices, Other Rooms". What significance does this title hold for the characters Joel and Randolph in the book and what insight might this offer in examining the portrayal of the outsider's journey in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Much of the dialogue used by the author provokes a distinct southern dialect that immerses the reader into the characters' surroundings.

Part 1.) How does the author's use of the Southern dialect in characters like Idabel help inform the readers about the nature of the book's setting?

Part 2.) In what way might the author's use of dialect be geared towards entertaining the reader?

Part 3.) What can the reader learn about the author's writing technique based on his masterly use of dialect in the book?

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