A Thousand Acres Test | Final Test - Hard

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A Thousand Acres Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 112 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. ___________ only wanted someone to erase her father and it had never been good between her and her husband.

2. Mr. Cartier tells the sisters that the ___________ will be hard to prove, so they need to focus more on keeping up appearances.

3. Henry Dodge during an unexpected visit notes that _____________ appears unhappy and wants to know why.

4. What does the person who surprises Ginny say is in the water where she is about to swim?

5. Who does Ginny see when she is in the clothing store, causing her to hide in a dressing room until (s)he leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the bank not give Ty a loan this year for his farm and for his hog operation?

2. What does Ginny do in order to attempt to poison her sister, Rose?

3. What does Rose let Ginny know in a short note she receives while Ginny is in her new place?

4. What does Ty discover in the old dairy barn he's converting for the hog operation?

5. How did Ginny cover for Caroline when they were younger, Caroline being 14 and Ginny being 22?

6. What does Ginny do between shifts at her new job as a waitress?

7. What is the status of Harold's eyes after his accident with the ammonia?

8. What was the one thing, Ginny thinks, her father had stolen from her in her life and in her marriage?

9. Why has Henry Dodge, the Lutheran minister, come to call on Ginny, even though she did not ask him to come?

10. Who takes care of the funeral arrangements for Pete, since Harold and Larry are not present?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the story, one could say that the setting and its many specific locations are also characters in the story.

Part 1: What kind of 'character' is Chelsea in this story? What does this location do to the characters?

Part 2: In what ways are the characters affected by other settings in the story?

Part 3: Were the story to take place in a different state or area, how would might the story have changed?

Essay Topic 2

Rose seems to have a very simple way of dealing with the abuse of her father, but Ginny wants to go deeper with the explanation.

Part 1: What do you think of Rose's explanation that Larry did what he did because he could?

Part 2: What do you think of Ginny's quest to learn more about Larry's motivations to abuse them?

Part 3: Do you think Rose can ever come to peace with her past in the limited explanation she has accepted? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The idea of being a parent is one that is debated in this novel, with different versions of parenting being represented.

Part 1: How do you think motherhood is portrayed in this novel? Positively? Negatively?

Part 2: How do you think fatherhood is portrayed in this novel? Positively? Negatively?

Part 3: What do you think the author's feelings about parenting are?

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