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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. When do the boys plan to go to the police?
2. What do the boys plan to brag about when they return from swimming at Jutland?
3. What job does Cece take over for his mother when he gets home?
4. How do the boys know whose car they are looking at in the water?
5. What dessert does Bud get in trouble for picking at before dinner?
Short Essay Questions
1. What warning does Enid's mother issue about her about her nursing plans, and why does her mother finally give up on trying to dissuade her?
2. Why is Jimmy Box's house so crowded?
3. What is Mrs. Quinn dying of, and how does Olive hint that she might have gotten ill?
4. What happens when Cece's father is in a violent rage and one of his friends comes to the door?
5. What attitude is Enid used to seeing in dying patients?
6. In a time and place where people with disabilities are often mocked, why does no one mock Mr. Box?
7. What details does the narrator offer about the boys' walk to the river that characterize the boys as youthful?
8. What personal details are given about Mrs. Quinn that are then called into question by Enid or Olive?
9. What social situation at the police station discourages the boys from making their report?
10. What do the boys plan to do when they return to town with their news, and how does that plan change as soon as they actually return to town?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about gender in "For the Love of a Good Woman." Be sure to offer textual evidence in support of your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of social class in "For the Love of a Good Woman." Defend your points with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the symbolic significance of water in "For the Love of a Good Woman." Be sure to offer textual evidence in support of your ideas.
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