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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 led to the split between Keith and Annie?

2. Where does Keith Landry return to?

3. What movement does Keith Landry hear about after dinner in Chapter 11?

4. What does Cliff Baxter force Sherry Kolarik to do?

5. What does Keith Landry trade his car in for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Keith Landry's relationship with Annie like, before they split?

2. What happens on the night of Keith Landry's meeting with Cliff Baxter?

3. What is the role of infidelity in the Baxter household?

4. Describe the farm Keith Landry returns to in Spencerville.

5. How does Annie Baxter conclude that her husband is having an affair?

6. What is Keith Landry invited to do at the dinner he has at the Porter household?

7. What is Cliff Baxter's reaction when he hears that Keith Landry is back in town?

8. What does Keith Landry find when he returns home from the meeting at the Lutheran Church?

9. What is Keith Landry's relationship with Billy Marlon?

10. Describe the meeting between Annie and Keith Landry.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the relationship between Cliff Baxter and his wife show us about Annie's personality? How do you account for the violence of Annie's relationship with Cliff Baxter? What led her from Keith Landry to Cliff Baxter--or, how did she permit the transformation that turned Cliff Baxter from someone she could respect into someone who terrorized her?

Essay Topic 2

How will Keith Landry be a different partner for Annie than Cliff Baxter was? What kind of lover will he be? What value does Annie still have in Keith Landry's eyes, after her mistreatment at Cliff Baxter's hands?

Essay Topic 3

Is Spencerville a romance novel or an action novel? Describe how the novel balances or fails to balance the love theme and the rivalry between Keith Landry and Cliff Baxter.

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