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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 Kaitlin's last name?

2. Where had Bram's father gone the night he died?

3. What is the name of Kaitlin's high school?

4. What does Kaitlin beg Becky to let her use in Chapter 8?

5. What is the name of the new foreman at Kaitlin's family farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kaitlin earn spending money?

2. Why does Allison Crutchfield tell Kaitlin about the old Crutchfield documents?

3. What excuse does Kaitlin give for abruptly leaving Bram?

4. Who is Becky, and what does Kaitlin beg Becky for in Chapter 8?

5. Who does Kaitlin notice while she is writing in her journal, and what does she wonder about him?

6. What excuse does Kaitlin use for talking to Bram in Chapter 10?

7. What does Kaitlin learn from Maggie's diary in Chapter 14?

8. What does Bram ask of Kaitlin in Chapter 4?

9. Why does Kaitlin cry in Chapter 11?

10. What does Kaitlin find in Bram's garage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The feud between the Malones and the Crutchfields has lasted for many generations. Discuss the history of the feud and how it changes throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 2

What is the genre of the novel? What are elements commonly found in this type of novel? What are some other examples of works of this genre? What similarities do these works share with Scribbler of Dreams?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author of the novel, Mary E. Pearson. What other works has she received recognition for? Is her work usually similarly themed? Does she always write in the same genre?

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