The Stone Diaries Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Stone Diaries Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Joan is in which state?

2. Cuyler remembers building the monument to Mercy, but spends the day of his death trying to remember what?

3. During the trip, Victoria begins to feel what for her professor?

4. According to chapter 10, Daisy had a collection of what?

5. Why does another writer take over Daisy's column?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Daisy deals with people in chapter nine.

2. How does Daisy seem to feel about dying?

3. What is the relationship between Daisy and Jay Dudley?

4. Describe how Alice decides to change the course of her life, in chapter seven, and what theme it continues.

5. What person's possible reason for Daisy's depression makes the most sense to you and why?

6. What seemingly strange behavior does Cuyler exhibit on the day of his death?

7. Describe Daisy's attitude, in chapter eight, surrounding Victoria and Lewis' courtship and finding Magnus Flett

8. Who is Skoot Skutari and how does he relate to the story?

9. In what positive way is the image of stone used in chapter eight?

10. What does Reverend Rick seem to symbolize?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following themes in the book and describe, in detail, at least three instances where the theme occurs in the book and what the results of those occurrences were. Also, explain how you think the book would have been different if each of those instances didn't occur.

Marriage

Death

Abandonment

Essay Topic 2

Love is important, both in the book and in real life.

Part 1. Do you think that either of Daisy's husbands loved her? Why or why not?

Part 2. Do you think that Daisy's father loved her? Why or why not?

Part 3. Do you think that Daisy herself had the capacity to love anyone? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Choose any one of the following characters from the story and explain their role in the book. When and how were they introduced? How did they evolve as the story progressed? Also, what, if anything, do you think they symbolize and why? Be sure to use several examples from the book to support your answers.

Beans

Fraidy

Pinky

Harold

Jay

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