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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. Where does Richard Misner preach?

2. What about Gigi initially shocks Mavis upon Mavis's return to the Convent?

3. Who stops to ask if Sweetie Fleetwood needs a ride?

4. Instead of being supportive of Mavis's decision, what does Mavis's mother say?

5. How did Soane and Deek's sons die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Deek tell Roger to make sure all part's of Deek's son's funeral were black?

2. Why does Deek drive to the bank even though it is a short distance?

3. What means do the Morgan twins use to help their nephew out of trouble when he impregnates Arnette?

4. How did Mavis' twins die, according to the story Mavis tells the reporter?

5. Why is there instant animosity between Mavis and Gigi?

6. Why do some of the residents leave Haven to found the town of Ruby?

7. When Gigi accepts a ride from Roger Best, what are her plans at that time?

8. Why does Mavis become frightened during the interview, and why does she decide to flee?

9. When there is a problem in Ruby who handles it?

10. What does Connie do to earn a meager income?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the final line of the book. How does the final line of the book relate to the entire preceding novel? How does this conception of paradise help explain the novel's title?

Essay Topic 2

How do the people of Ruby recreate the same prejudices and forms of discrimination that the founders were trying to escape?

Essay Topic 3

The racial situation in the United States during the time that "Paradise" was set was different from the situation today. Today we have the benefit of hindsight. Given what we know today, was creating their own towns the best alternative for black people given their limited options, or was it merely a form of self-imposed segregation?

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