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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 is added to the punch in Chapter 13?

2. Where are Susie and her mother coming from when they enter the Lyon in Chapter 20?

3. How old was Cooper when he was diagnosed with leukemia?

4. What did Richard used to collect when he was a boy?

5. Who answers "nuclear war" in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the Cooper kitchen changed since March last saw it?

2. Why does Hollis refuse to look at March when returns home on Thanksgiving night?

3. What is Hollis doing to prepare Guardian Farm for March's arrival?

4. Why is Hank hesitant about going into the house on Fox Hill?

5. What is Dr. Henderson's opinion of Belinda's death?

6. What did Judith show March about catching a fox?

7. What story does Richard tell his daughter in Chapter 15 about his sister?

8. What has Gwen been doing most of her afternoons after school in December?

9. Why is Richard so popular with his students?

10. Who has been unsuccessfully trying to reach March at Guardian Farms by phone and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While with Hollis, March realizes that for Hollis, "there is no measuring love, other than all or nothing." Explain this statement.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism of the lemon tree in California, both when March talks to Hollis while near it and when Richard talks to March while near it.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 12, Hollis points out how Judith wore the emerald ring as a wedding ring. March later switches the emerald to her left hand. Discuss the symbolism of the emerald ring in "Here on Earth."

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