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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 is the name of Mary Call's mother?

2. Who asks Mary Call to get razors at the store?

3. Who takes Roy Luther up to the grave?

4. What are the conditions outside when Roy Luther is taken up to the mountain to be buried?

5. How many promises has Mary Call made to her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways are the Connells opposites of each other?

2. Why does Mary Call feel angry during Kiser's visit?

3. Do you think Kiser is evil deep down inside after seeing his reaction to Roy Luther's condition?

4. What is revealed in Chapter 4 about what Mary Call plans to do if their father dies? Explain how it is revealed.

5. What happens when Mary Call tells Kiser in Chapter 3 about the paper he signed?

6. How does Mary Call contradict herself when she tells Romey to leave an IOU?

7. Why does Mary Call decide to help Kiser after they find him ill?

8. What kind of sickness does Roy Luther likely have that altered the look of his face? What makes you think so?

9. What do Romey and Mary Call realize about their father in burying him?

10. How does Mary Call try to hide that their father has died from the other children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Roy Luther's burial and how it turned out exactly as he wished. Be sure to note the promises that didn't turn out.

Essay Topic 2

Describe two examples of Mary Call's major decisions in the book that affect the entire family but are made entirely on her own.

Essay Topic 3

What is the meaning of the car for the Luther family and how does it lead to a break down in Mary Call's emotions?

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