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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 do Frank and Edwin ask that coffins be made from?

2. What type of footwear does Martha wear in Chapter 46?

3. How many times has Mamah written Ellen since she has been in Wisconsin?

4. What do the children name the dog they find and Mamah find at camp?

5. In Chapter 51, what can Mamah smell in the garden after Frank leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is John painting at the beginning of Chapter 52?

2. How does the sheriff react when Frank calls him about the reporters and other issues?

3. How and where is Mamah buried?

4. What interests John when he looks around Taliesin in Chapter 46?

5. How does Mamah know the performer at the cafe in Chapter 31?

6. How do Frank, Edwin, and John get seats on the train without waiting in line?

7. What does the "Wisconsin State Journal" report about the tragedy?

8. Why does Mamah take the children to the dry-good store after Edwin leaves them at Taliesin?

9. In Chapter 32, why does Frank come to Germany?

10. How does Dorothea Barton treat Mamah when they meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mamah knows that the world must go on as she struggles with her grief over Mattie's death. Does it help or hinder Mattie's grieving process to know that the world goes on?

Essay Topic 2

Catherine refuses to give Frank a divorce when she learns about the affair. Why does Catherine refuse, and what does she ask for in return?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 4, Mamah and Frank resume their relationship. How did Frank and Mamah meet and what led to their interest in one another?

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