2. What is Pa unable to produce that would help his case in court?
(a) A bill of sale.
(b) A blueprint of the property.
(c) The lawyer's retainer fee.
(d) A deed to the property.

3. What does Tom forbid Ginny to do?
(a) Drink liquor.
(b) Be out after dark.
(c) Get a job.
(d) Attend a revival.

4. What is the name of the family which lives on the other side of the mountain?
(a) Schultz.
(b) Miller.
(c) Hall.
(d) Johnson.

5. How long does it take Ginny to write the letter?
(a) Over a week.
(b) A month.
(c) Several hours.
(d) A few minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what has Moody become fascinated lately?

2. What does Ginny see Pa using to fight the fire?

3. What does Ginny ask of the person to whom she writes the letter?

4. Where is the only place that Ginny feels she can get any peace?

5. What does Tom hire Florrie to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Ginny and Tom experience a "baptism of fire" when their land catches on fire?

2. To what does Ginny attribute the bright, white light when she is ill and having delusions?

3. Why do Florrie and Lily go to Ginny's house to help, and what do the two sisters think of Lily?

4. What tragedy occurs when Ginny attends her first revival in a long time?

5. Explain what Tom does when Ginny refuses to stay home from the revival and what his motivations might have been.

6. How does Ginny feels that she has shunned the way of the church by working with Tom

7. What is the content of the letter Locke has written to Ginny?

8. What does Ginny realize about the land as she, Pa and Tom walk around talking about it?

9. Why are Tom's rants about taking care of people exposed to typhoid so ironic?

10. What does Ginny reveal to Locke in the letter about their father and the hypocrisy in the family?

(see the answer keys)

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