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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 picks up Hattie for the dance?

2. When does Hattie's uncle Holt take her into his home?

3. For what newspaper does Hattie write articles about her life in Montana?

4. What does Traft Martin ask Hattie?

5. What is Aunt Ivy's perspective on Hattie's staying with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hattie write to Uncle Holt and Charlie and who mails them for her?

2. How does Leafie stop some men from running the Mueller's cow to death?

3. What surprises Hattie while she is in her cabin in the middle of a violent storm?

4. Where does Hattie go on Sunday where she has not yet been, and how is she initially greeted?

5. What neighbor does Hattie meet in the local grocery store and what does he tell her?

6. What happens when Perilee and the children go with Hattie to church?

7. How does Hattie find a small source of income for herself?

8. What are Hattie's two animals like?

9. Where does Hattie go to live at age 13, and what is Ivy's reaction to Hattie?

10. What is the first homesteading lesson Hattie learns the next morning as she goes to draw water for her coffee?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and sometimes it is the other way around. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think "Hattie Big Sky" is? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of "Hattie Big Sky" and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of "Hattie Big Sky" and why?

3. Which three secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

"Hattie Big Sky" belongs to the teen historical fiction genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the fictional memoir genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a teen historical fiction and teen fiction?

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