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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. Who does Ethan bring up at the tea service that is dismissed by all in attendance?

2. What contest has Ethan's children signed up for?

3. What does Morphy use to keep the back entrance to the bank open?

4. What does Ethan say he has never actively sought?

5. How does Ethan feel when he gets home from work at the beginning of Part Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Mary and Ethan argue about as they walk home from the Bakers' house, and how does it end?

2. Where does Morphy think Ethan should open up a store, and why?

3. What does Ethan offer to do to help Danny?

4. What does Ethan say will happen if Baker is able to get Danny's to make him a guardian?

5. What did Mary hear when she had her fortune read?

6. What does Ethan think about when he wakes up on the Saturday before Easter?

7. What are Joey's rules of life?

8. What job does Ethan offer to Allen, and how does he respond to this offer?

9. What causes Ethan to forget to open the store doors the day before Easter?

10. Why did Danny start drinking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why might Steinbeck have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 2

Many different characters in this book are persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord? What are some of these instances, and how does persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Power and greed are two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

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