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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 does Jim Horner trade for the dolls Alice brings his girls in Chapter 11?

2. In Chapter 8, how many men were known to have trashed the Packhorse Library?

3. How many books does Margery have in Chapter 12?

4. What time did Alice usually arrive at the library each morning in Chapter 2?

5. How long did Sophia Kenworth work at the colored library in Louisville?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Kathleen Bligh ask Alice to do in Chapter 4, and what were the results?

2. What encounter does Margery have in the Prologue, and how does she handle it?

3. What might a librarian wear to keep warm in Chapter 14?

4. In Chapter 9, why did Alice sleep in the dressing room?

5. How did Margery learn to read?

6. How did Alice persuade her father-in-law that she should help with the traveling library in Chapter 2?

7. What did Izzy say that she wanted to be in Chapter 6?

8. In Chapter 13, what does Van Cleve do to hurt Margery?

9. In Chapter 12, who steps up to help the librarians and why?

10. Why was a town meeting held in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When the judge ends the trial, he refers to Clem McCullough as a good man. Why is it ironic for the judge to refer to McCullough as a good man?

Essay Topic 2

Margery is put on trial for McCullough’s death. Is she presumed to be innocent or guilty? How solid is the evidence that McCullough was murdered? Does it seem possible as the trial beings that Margery will receive a fair and just trial?

Essay Topic 3

Alice and Margery attend Garrett Bligh’s funeral. How is the funeral different from funerals Alice has attended in the past? What does the funeral reveal about community?

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