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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 did Stevens attend college?

2. Where does Goodwin get most of his business from?

3. What animal does Benbow quiz Popeye about?

4. What is swollen on Stevens when he wakes up at the Frenchman Place?

5. What kind of animal sleeps near Temple at the Frenchman Place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Narcissa described when she is first introduced?

2. How does the author describe Miss Jenny?

3. What are some of the reasons Benbow gives for leaving his wife?

4. How does Tommy react to a fight on the plantation?

5. What does Stevens do when he wakes up on the plantation?

6. What insulting comment does Temple make about Goodwin?

7. What does Narcissa think Benbow should do when she first sees him at her house?

8. What prank is played on Stevens, and why?

9. How does Ruby treat Benbow when they first meet?

10. What does Tommy say about the road being blocked off?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Benbow is very interested in what happens to Temple. Why is this, and what does this indicate about his character?

Essay Topic 2

Goodwin sacrifices a lot for something he never had to and his reasons for this are never fully explained. Why do you think he took the fall the way he did?

Essay Topic 3

Steven’s changes in his attitudes towards alcohol throughout the book. What are these changes, and what brings them about?

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