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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 the last name of Daisy's friend who comes to visit in chapter five?
2. Daisy has kept herself busy with which two sports?
3. Barker receives an invitation to what event?
4. Mr Flett has left his home to travel to his childhood home where?
5. Daisy's father is haunted by the thought that his wife kept what secret from him?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do you feel about the layout of the book so far, particularly the large time gaps between chapters?
2. How does stone play a role in chapter five?
3. What does Harold Hoad's background suggest about his mental state and how does that play out in the chapter?
4. Why do you think that Daisy and her family are restless, in chapter five?
5. What is Daisy's attitude, early in chapter four, regarding her late husband's death?
6. Describe Daisy's perception of herself through chapter four.
7. Is Mercy a good wife?
8. What was Mercy's background?
9. Why might Daisy have not described the first eleven years of her life?
10. Do you think that Daisy made the right choice in marrying her second husband, Barker Flett?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Part 1: Choose and explain in detail at least three places in the story where stone was used to symbolize something positive.
Part 2: Choose and explain in detail at least three places in the story where stone was used to symbolize something negative.
Part 3: What do you think the author was trying to accomplish by using the over all symbolism of stone throughout the story?
Essay Topic 2
Harold Hoad makes a very brief appearance in the story and, in fact, Daisy doesn't even tell her children that she had a first husband.
Part 1. Why do you think that Harold was in the story?
Part 2. What do you think the story would have been like if Harold didn't exist?
Part 3. Do you think Daisy should have told her children about Harold? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Describe, in detail, what you think would have happened if Daisy's first husband had lived. For instance, do you think Daisy would have stayed married to her first husband if he had lived or left him? Also, if Daisy did stay with her first husband, what do you think would have happened to Barker Flett? Be sure to give several examples from the story to back up your opinions.
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