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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 was Matthew Cuthbert doing one June afternoon in Chapter 1 which he usually didn't do?

2. What does Anne do when she realizes that Marilla and Matthew had wanted to adopt a boy?

3. What did Gilbert Blythe recite at the concert?

4. What does Anne think of the new minister's wife?

5. What does Anne tell Marilla she'd like to be when she grows up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the incident concerning Marilla's amethyst brooch.

2. When Anne reminds Marilla that she has been at Green Gables for one year what does Marilla say and what does she think in her heart?

3. Why does Marilla go to Charlottetown in Chapter 18?

4. What is the important message Diana has Anne signal with five flashes of the candle in the window?

5. Why is Marilla hesitant to ship Anne off to live with Mrs. Peter Blewett?

6. How is the reader introduced to Anne's flair for the dramatic in Chapter 3?

7. Why does Anne refuse to run over to Diana's to borrow Diana's apron pattern?

8. What does Mrs. Rachel Lynde say to Anne that gets her so upset?

9. How does Anne prepare herself for the tea she's invited to by the new minister's wife, Mrs. Allan?

10. Describe Matthew Cuthbert and explain why you think he may become a good friend of Anne's.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe how Anne is dressed for the White Sands concert. How is her hair arranged? What jewelry does she wear? What does

she recite?

2) Whom does Gilbert Blythe walk home on Friday nights from the Carmondy railroad station? Describe her. What are Anne's thoughts

about this?

3) What are the results of Queen's final examinations? Who wins what? How do the students of Miss Stacy's advanced class fair?

4) Choose one of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) What does Gilbert do for Anne in the last chapter in order that she can teach at Avonlea? Why is this so noble? What is Gilbert sacrificing

in order to do this?

2) Do you think this book would only be interesting to girls and women? Why? Why not? Give reasons.

3) What did you like best about the book? Explain your answer in as much detail as possible.

4 ) Choose one of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Write a description of Anne's story "The Jealous Rival". Tell the whole story, naming the main characters. What did you think of it?

2) Describe the story club Anne organizes. Who is in it? What kind of stories do they write?

3) Describe Anne's run-in with the German peddler. What does she buy and what happens?

4) Choose one of the above three topics to write on.

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