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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 instructions does Molly have for Meg before she goes back to the hospital?

2. How does Molly act when she stops being grouchy?

3. Who does Meg wish would join her and her father with the silly thing?

4. Who is the first non-family member to hold Maria's baby?

5. What makes Molly's hair thin out?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Charles say the family can help Molly as she is dying?

2. How do Ben and Maria plan for their child?

3. Why does Will tell Meg she needs to come back to the country in the Fall?

4. What does Meg think when Molly climbs into her father's lap?

5. What happens that makes Meg decide she needs to visit Molly in the hospital?

6. What does Meg first see when she comes to Maria's house while she is in labor?

7. Why does Maria ask a favor of Meg while Molly is in the hospital again?

8. What impresses Meg when she starts teaching Will?

9. How does Meg realize the true nature of Molly's condition?

10. What instructions does Will give about the bouquet he brings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some key examples of gratitude and how do these instances affect the characters involved?

Essay Topic 2

Personal identity was a main theme in this book. Where does this theme appear and how does its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot? Provide examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? Discuss some of the symbols. How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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