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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 made Ginny think that the teacher may not be right for her?

2. What is Tom's answer to the question in #46?

3. What does Ginny prepare for the family when they return from the church service?

4. Which of the following is something Ginny did NOT experience while taking the tonic?

5. What attacks Tom as he and Ginny walk back to her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Ginny's views of speaking in tongues in conflict with those of Locke's?

2. What was Madame Sparrow's message for Ginny when she told her fortune?

3. What does Ginny think should have been a red flag in potential problems for her and Tom?

4. Describe Locke's encounter with a demon-possessed man in the Philippines.

5. What is a pound party and what is its purpose?

6. What happens at the revival where the perpetrators yell about "baptisms of fire"?

7. What is the basis of Tom's dislike of Lily?

8. What will fire come to symbolize in Ginny and Tom's relationship?

9. How do their reactions to the meteor shower show Ginny and Tom's personalities?

10. How does Ginny behave after the revival?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Ginny's truest pleasure as she notes it at the end of the book? Does the author surprise you with the answer? What else could be construed as a great pleasure for Ginny? Is she surprised herself when she learns what it is?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses more than one instance of irony in the book. Cite at least two other examples you can identify in the novel and note why they are examples of irony.

Essay Topic 3

Disappointment takes on an almost human persona in this story. What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

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