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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. Where are the books for the Troublesome Creek Pack Horse Library Project kept?

2. How many steps are there to get to the top of the fire tower in Chapter 12?

3. What color are Elijah Carter's eyes?

4. How long after Cussy's mother died did she apply to be a Pack Horse librarian?

5. How old is R.C. Cole?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cussy do and what does her pa want her to do in Chapter 1?

2. What is Lovett's Ridge like compared to where Cussy lives?

3. How are miners paid, and why is that a problem?

4. What happened to Pa's older brother, Daniel?

5. In Chapter 16, what does Cussy persuade Doc to give her after her first trip to Lexington.

6. What did Cussy inherit from Charlie Frazier?

7. What does Cussy prepare for her next book delivery in Chapter 17?

8. When Cussy is hungry, what does she discover that Henry, a boy from the school gave her?

9. What is the schoolhouse like that Cussy visits in Chapter 9?

10. Where is Pa going in Chapter 11 and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do some people not want Cussy to deliver books to them? How does she use tact and persuasion to change their minds?

Essay Topic 2

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 3

Pa and Cussy make a bargain with Doc. What bargain do Pa and Cussy make with Doc? Why do Pa and Cussy make a bargain with Doc? Why do they make that bargain rather than going to the law when Vester Frazier dies?

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