View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Lov employed?

2. Why does Lov stop at the family's home?

3. Why did Jeeter not ever take his daughter to the doctor to fix her disfigurement?

4. What does Jeeter steal?

5. To what does Jeeter admit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lov's problem about choosing between Pearl and Ellie May?

2. Who is Ellie May and why did Lov not choose her for his wife?

3. What do the physical deformities of the characters seem to mirror?

4. What is the irony of Jeeter's situation of living on land his family once owned?

5. Why is Jeeter and Ada's lack of concern about Dude marrying Sister Bessie so strange?

6. What does Lov do when Jeeter steals his bag of turnips?

7. Who does Jeeter think Pearl is most like?

8. What is Jeeter's biggest fear about dying and what happened to create this fear in him?

9. What distracts Lov from his bag of turnips?

10. Name some of the ways that Jeeter has let people down in his life.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the role of the family in TOBACCO ROAD. What does it mean for each of the main characters? How does the Lester family disintegrate in its lack of support of each other? How has Jeeter failed as the patriarchal figure in the novel? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

TOBACCO ROAD is sometimes defined as being written in the Southern Gothic style. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of greed. Identify at least two examples about greed in the book. Then explain how each example supports the theme of greed.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 816 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample