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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. Where does Patrick go in September 1976?
2. Who is P.J.?
3. What is "The Huntsman?"
4. What does Corrine think about her daughter after talking with Mrs. Bethune?
5. How is Michael Sr. greeted when he enters the Yankee Doodle Tap Room?
Short Essay Questions
1. What upsets Corrine when she finds a matchbook in Michael's pants pocket from the Wolf's Head Inn?
2. Outside in the building where her mother stores her antiques, Marianne searched for a picture. What is the name of the picture and why is it so important to her?
3. What is revealed about Judd as he watches the dogs rush into the pond as they chase the doe he had been watching?
4. What is happening to Michael Sr. when he visits the bar in the Mt. Ephraim Country Club that causes him to throw the contents of his glass of beer into Judge Gerald Kirkland's face?
5. What questions are triggered about himself as Patrick thinks about the drawing, "The Huntsman?"
6. After Corrine learns her daughter had been raped, what does she think about doing to cover for Marianne missing school?
7. What role does Marianne's brother Patrick play the night of the Valentine's Dance that haunts him years after that night?
8. When Patrick speaks on the phone with his sister Marianne, what might be said about the background noise that is taking place at her end of the line?
9. Judd happens upon his father talking to his older brothers about some kind of secret. What is the discussion about and what is the significance of the discussion?
10. Why is Judd so insistent to find out what has happened to his sister that he put the family in such a turmoil?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain exactly what Patrick means when he says, "Chance follows design," and how does it fit into Patrick's plan for justice?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the novel, "We Were the Mulvaneys." Is it a dark novel filled with tragedy, or is it a novel of light and hope? In what ways does the novel contrast between the two?
Essay Topic 3
Have the students consider Marianne's reaction to the gray animal hit by the car and why she reacted the way she did. It was more than her love for animals. There is a name for it, though the medical profession was just beginning to understand it at the time this story took place. Explain what happened.
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