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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. Why didn't the river rats hang onto the cart for longer?

2. Why did Old Peg Guester pack her things along with Arthur Stuarts'?

3. Who got out of Dr. Physicker's carriage first?

4. How did Alvin know Po Doggly and Horace Guester had worked together many times before?

5. Why didn't Cavil grieve for the death of the Finders?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Alvin feel about women after witnessing the relationships of the Smiths and Guesters?

2. How does Old Peg feel initially about the teacher?

3. Why was Alvin so offended at the idea that Miss Larner had paid him to look after her?

4. What might Peggy have said if she had gotten a chance, before her mama died?

5. How did Alvin realize that Miss Larner was right?

6. Why was Old Peg Guester so upset that Arthur Stuart couldn't be taught at the schoolhouse?

7. What did Alvin begin to notice, working at the smithy?

8. For what reasons did Alvin make the manacles, and why didn't he put them in water to cool?

9. Why did Old Peg shoot the Finder dead?

10. Why was Mistress Modesty so upset?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why having her own suite was so important to Miss Larner. What couldn't she have done while living at the roadhouse? Why did this desire to live alone so upset Old Peg?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the slave girl had an impact on Little Peggy. What did the slave girl bring to light in little Peggy, and how did this impact Peggy's life in a positive manner? What might have occurred had the slave girl never appeared?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Overseer as being synonymous with the Devil. What information lets the reader know that the Overseer is supposed to be the representation of the devil?

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