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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 Camille focused on as she talks to Curry in Chapter 1?

2. What were Ann's favorite foods?

3. What is the name on Camille's birth certificate for her father?

4. What sort of report is Richard putting together?

5. What does Amma say over breakfast in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story is Camille working on at the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. What does Camille see when she follows Amma in Chapter 7?

3. According to Camille in Chapter 1, what are are the two types of people in Wind Gap?

4. What do Natalie Keene and Ann Nash have in common?

5. In Chapter 2, Camille goes to the Nash home. What characteristics stand out about the Nash family?

6. Why does Curry ask Camille to cover the story in Wind Gap?

7. What causes Amma's tantrum in Chapter 4, and what is Adora's reaction?

8. What does Adora do to the baby in Chapter 7?

9. How does Jackie O'Neele describe Joya in Chapter 6?

10. How does Camille describe Jackie O'Neele in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What impact does Wind Gap have on Camille? Using two different scenes in the novel as examples, analyze how the tow impacts Camille.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 6, Flynn writes, "Luckily everyone drinks in Wind Gap" (82). What role does alcohol consumption play in the town?

Essay Topic 3

How is sexual violence used as a metaphor for power and pain in the text? Look at the different characters who inflict - as well as are victims of - this violence.

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