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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 brings news of the Spanish influenza to Hattie in October?

2. Why does Hattie spend a great deal of time with Perilee these days?

3. What does President Wilson want on September 12?

4. What does Rooster Jim come to tell Hattie?

5. What does Rooster Jim have when he comes towards Hattie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Charlie write to Hattie in a somber letter?

2. What are Hattie and Perilee working on as Perilee waits to deliver her baby, and what does Perilee promise?

3. What does Traft have to say as he stops by and waters his horse?

4. What happens when Hattie voices her concern about a pledge of one hundred dollars?

5. Why does Karl come to Hattie's late one night, and what does Hattie do?

6. What new debt does Hattie learn of when she visits Nefzger's store?

7. How does Hattie help Mr. Ebgard?

8. What troubling news does Rooster Jim bring to Hattie, and what is the outcome?

9. How does Hattie learn about birthing babies the hard way?

10. What happens when Hattie goes to visit Perilee?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think "Hattie Big Sky" is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "Hattie Big Sky". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in "Hattie Big Sky". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in "Hattie Big Sky". Consider not only the physical deaths but the death of innocence or the death of ignorance.

Essay Topic 3

Understanding the setting, both the place and time, helps the reader to enjoy a novel. Discuss the following:

1. Research Montana of the early 20th century, and then write an informative essay about the social and geographical aspects.

2. Research the treatment of German nationals and immigrants in the United States during WWI, and then write an informative essay about what you learn. Compare the information to what you read in "Hattie Big Sky".

3. Compare/contrast the life of someone in the early 20th century with that of a young person today.

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