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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 happens to Alma in Part III?

2. What do Corrine and Potter eat for supper on their trip in Part III?

3. How much money does Dale Strickland have to pay to Gloria Ramirez?

4. Which of the following does Suzanne sell?

5. What dream does Glory sometimes have about the night of her rape?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What story does Suzanne tell her daughter about her reaction to unwanted touching from a boy?

4. In Part III, what happens to Alma, Glory's mother?

5. Who is taking care of Glory in her mother's absence and how does Glory seem to relate to this person?

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

7. In Part III, how does talking with Tina Allen change Glory's outlook about what has happened to her?

8. In Part IV, what does Aimee tell Debra Ann about her father and mother?

9. Why does Corrine watch Aimee and the baby for Mary Rose in Part IV?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Suzanne Ledbetter tries so hard to portray herself and her family as the ideal, upstanding citizens in Odessa? Keeping in mind Suzanne's own background, write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your opinions.

Essay Topic 2

How would you describe Wetmore's portrayal of the deportation of Glory Ramirez's mother, Alma? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Why is Corrine determined to keep herself apart from the women who are active in the church group in Odessa, and how is Corrine different from all of those women in her attitudes, actions and outlook? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

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