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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 Lynette go after JJ’s?

2. How much cocaine does JJ say Lynette has?

3. For how much money does the mechanic say he will open the safe?

4. Why does Lynette put Gloria’s things in her purse?

5. Where did Lynette meet Jack?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cody want the Mercedes?

2. What is inside Gloria’s safe?

3. How did JJ and Lynette break up?

4. What is Gloria’s physical appearance like?

5. Why has Cody not bought a car if he has the money for it?

6. What was Lynette’s experience like being robbed?

7. What is Lynette’s advice to Kansas for the thin blond man’s seizure?

8. What is Jack and Lynette’s honeymoon phase like?

9. What happened to Jack after he broke up with Lynette?

10. How did Lynette see Kenny after she ran away from home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To a large extent, The Night Always Comes is essentially a novel about money. Money is Lynette’s constant preoccupation and the source of much of her suffering. Write an essay about money as a symbol in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Desperation is the dominant emotional state of Lynette, the novel’s central character. Her anguish and despair are palpable as she struggles – while frequently crying – to hold on to the only home she has ever really known despite opposition from not only society but also even her own mother. Write an essay about the emotion of desperation as embodied by Lynette.

Essay Topic 3

Lynette’s encounter with Kansas is a pivotal moment at which her desperation for money begins to endanger her life. Kansas refuses to accept her offer for opening the safe and insists on its contents instead, threatening to kill her in the process. Write an essay analyzing the character of Kansas and what his role is the novel is.

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