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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. Who does Homer send to St. Cloud's to get a job "doing the Lord's work" in Chapter 10?

2. Melony gives her lover a carton to give to Mrs. Grogan if she is alive containing what in Chapter 10?

3. As Melony boards the train in Chapter 6, she remembers reading on the emblem of Wally's car which said what?

4. When the other workers leave for lunch, who stays behind to climb up on to the tin roof of the cider house in Chapter 7?

5. Homer doesn't want to take whom to Bath to see the Fred Astaire movie in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is foreshadowed by the bombing at Pearl Harbor in Chapter 8?

2. What is symbolic about the trees at the orchard in Chapter 8?

3. Who knows or suspects Homer and Candy's secret in Chapter 9?

4. Who begins to press Dr. Larch toward retirement in Chapter 6?

5. What is foreshadowed in Nurse Caroline's warning in Chapter 9?

6. What does Mrs. Grogan see changing in Melony in Chapter 6? Why?

7. How have Homer's feelings about St. Cloud's changed in Chapter 6?

8. What does Melony do when being chased by two workers in Chapter 7?

9. Where has Melony traveled in Chapter 7? Why?

10. What is discovered about the behavior of Wally Senior in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and discuss tone, metaphor and simile, and analyze the imagery and symbolism in Chapter 5. What is foreshadowed by the wind? How does the imagery of the beginning of the chapter lend to its tone? How is the stationmaster described? What kills him in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe, analyze and discuss the character of Melony in the novel. How old is Melony when she is introduced in Chapter 3? What is Melony's relationship with Homer? How did the disappointments of Melony's adoptive parents contribute to her attitude towards life? What are Dr. Larch's feelings about Melony?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the settings of Heart's Haven and Heart's Rock and the history of the Worthington family. How do Heart's Haven and Heart's Rock differ from St. Cloud's, Maine? How is Wally Worthington, Senior described? What is his relationship with his wife like?

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