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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. Who does Jay Jamisson want to kill?

2. What job does Mack find?

3. According to the law, if a man over twenty-one works in the mine for ________________, he becomes the property of the owner.

4. Who buys Mack and Dermot a drink for rescuing the girl?

5. Where is Mack taken after he is captured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lizzie do when Mack is knocked unconscious during the fight?

2. Why do the shippers boycott Mack and his gang, and what role does Lennox play in it?

3. How is Mack McAsh introduced in the story?

4. What is Mack's code about not letting anyone cheat him and how does that impact him and others?

5. Why have the Jamissons returned to High Glen?

6. Why do the Jamissons enter into a conspiracy about the coal that Lizzie cannot know about?

7. What does Lady Alicia feel about Jay's decision to marry, and what does she want her husband to give Jay as a gift?

8. How do the Jamissons insure that Mack becomes Jamisson property?

9. What is the reason Mack and the others talk about organizing a strike?

10. What is the content of the Prologue in A PLACE CALLED FREEDOM?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the book's title? What are some other possible titles for the book. List at least five and cite your reasons for each.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 3

Follett uses beautifully descriptive language in the book to help his readers see his world from his perspective. Without referring to the book, describe Scotland using only your recall of Follett's descriptions. How do you visualize Scotland now that you have read A PLACE CALLED FREEDOM?

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