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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 sound awakens Tobias one night on his trip to Punta Rassa?

2. When does Tobias finish the pen he is working on?

3. What does Tobias want to trade for supplies at the trading post?

4. How long is it after they try to catch the bull that Zech finds the marshtackie in the pen?

5. What happens the first time Tobias and Zech encounter the bull?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Tobias and Zech on their way to the Seminole Indian village, and why is it symbolic?

2. What is the valuable advice that Keith Tiger gives to Tobias at the end of Chapter 9?

3. What happens when the MacIveys finally reach Punta Rassa?

4. How is Tobias recruited by the Confederates, and where do they drive the cattle?

5. How do Zech, Bonzo, and Frog lose the cows they have herded and what is Tobias' response?

6. What are the problems Tobias has when beginning to plant orange trees and how does Emma solve it?

7. Where do Tobias, Emma, and Zech migrate to Florida from, and how is their initial few years in the new state?

8. How does Solomon explain his part in the real estate development to Toby?

9. What year does A Land Remembered begin and what is the setting?

10. What is the result of Tobias' work for the Confederates in the Cow Cavalry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Tobias learns about the amount of money being given for cows at Punta Rassa, he makes a crucial decision that has a lasting effect on his family's legacy.

1) Describe the MacIveys' first trip to Punta Rassa, how it is interrupted, the way both Tobias and Emma respond to it, and why Tobias is not discouraged after it.

2) Explain what happens on the second trip the MacIveys make to Punta Rassa, including the challenges they face, and Tobias' view throughout the trip.

3) Analyze the decision Tobias makes to pursue the market in Punta Rassa and its importance to the future of the MacIvey family.

Essay Topic 2

A Land Remembered chronicles three generations of the MacIvey family.

1) Compare and contrast Tobias with Zech and Sol, analyzing how they each viewed the world, and how they changed with each generation.

2) Describe three major similarities between Tobias, Zech, and Sol in how they choose to live their lives.

3) Describe three major differences between Tobias, Zech, and Sol in how they choose to live their lives.

4) Explain how the MacIveys' story comes full circle at the end of the book and what a possible future holds for the family's name and land.

Essay Topic 3

Many of the women in the book seem to have tragic, unforeseen deaths.

1) Describe how Emma dies and what the reaction of Tobias is along with the rest of the family. What did Emma represent for Tobias, and why is he having difficulty living without her?

2) Explain how Glenda dies and the author's possible reasons for ending the character this way. How did Glenda help Zech fit into the present and future? What does her death signal for him?

3) Describe how Bonnie dies and how her death continues the tragic theme that the author establishes throughout the book.

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