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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Suzanne tell Lauralee about men?
(a) Never to depend on a man to take care of her.
(b) Never to trust a man.
(c) Never to get in a man's truck that she does not know.
(d) Never to drink with a man on the first date.

2. What does Jon do at Corrine's house in Part III that feels very good?
(a) Has a drink for the first time in years.
(b) Has a cigarette for the first time in years.
(c) Takes some amphetamines.
(d) Fixes her faucet.

3. What does Potter say when Corrine says she wants to go back to teaching?
(a) He asks who will take care of Alice.
(b) He tells her no.
(c) He tells her he fully supports her.
(d) He tells her she should do it only if she gets a raise first.

4. What kind of storm comes in Part IV?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A blizzard.
(d) A derecho.

5. Why does Victor Ramirez refuse to let Glory testify?
(a) He says the people will not hear what she has to say.
(b) He says she will be deported if she testifies.
(c) He says her mother would never allow it.
(d) He says it will kill her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Debra Ann think about giving up stealing?

2. What is Mary Rose most upset about that Keith Taylor tells her before she testifies at Strickland's trial?

3. What does the woman at the pool tell Glory about the fact that Glory got in Dale's truck?

4. Who does Debra Ann fetch to help at Mary Rose's house when Mary Rose cries uncontrollably in Part IV?

5. What tragedies befall the woman in Debra Ann's story to Jesse in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part IV, why does the judge hold Mary Rose in contempt and put her in jail for a few hours?

2. How do the defense lawyer and the judge both treat Mary Rose when she testifies at Strickland's trial?

3. In Part IV, what haunts Jesse from the war?

4. What does Mary Rose lie about on the stand in Part IV?

5. In Part III, what does Corrine do with Jon Ledbetter and why does Jon need this from Corrine?

6. In Part III, why do you think it is so important to Suzanne that she and her daughter look like the ideal woman and girl in Odessa?

7. In Part IV, what happens to the woman in Debra Ann's story that she tells to Jesse?

8. What does Corrine remember as one of the hardest times in her marriage to Potter?

9. In Part III, what does Glory remember her Uncle Victor saying to her in the hospital when he first saw her after the rape?

10. In Part III, what understanding do Corrine and Potter come to about how Corrine will be happy after having Alice?

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