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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. How old is Margaret when she learns the story of her father?

2. Who says, "It's hot and I'm miseried"?

3. What does Abigail's mother do with letters that arrive from her husband?

4. What does William like to drink throughout Sunday?

5. What name did the Howland place once go by that an ancestor tried unsuccessfully to bring back?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Margaret's family spend their time when the floods require that they move out of their home for three to four weeks.

2. What does Margaret find in the Howland woods that she brings back to the house?

3. What are Margaret's earliest memories?

4. What are death gifts, and what happens if you touch one?

5. How does Margaret know that spring has come in the Book of Margaret?

6. How does Margaret behave after her children leave for boarding school?

7. Describe the house that Margaret grows up in.

8. What does Abigail remember about family vacations?

9. Describe the only act of affection between her grandfather and Margaret that Abigail witnesses.

10. Describe Somerset County.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify five examples of racial tension in "The Keepers of the House," and analyze them.

Essay Topic 2

Describe what the author means by "keep your heart ticking under the sheltering arches of your ribs."

Essay Topic 3

Has Margaret ever felt love in her life? If so, from whom? How is this love demonstrated? If a child doesn't feel love, what can be the result?

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