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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. Why does a doctor refuse to amputate Clover's arm?

2. What wedding gift do the Maldanados give Sarah and Jimmy?

3. What is Savannah's last name?

4. Who does Sarah want to take care of her horse when she is sick?

5. What does Jimmy build himself for his new house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sarah's biggest hope about her move to San Angelo?

2. What happens to Rose, and how does Sarah respond to this?

3. What does Sarah do to calm Savannah and Harlan when Mother and Albert are gone?

4. What does Captain Elliot bring for the family in July?

5. How does Jimmy die?

6. How does Sarah feel when Ernest and Captain Elliot leave the family?

7. Why does Mama say Sarah had such a hard time recovering after having her daughter?

8. What happens when Sarah finds a mutilated woman on the trail?

9. Why does Jimmy Reed not join the family until later?

10. What does Captain Elliot do for Sarah on Christmas Day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Love was a very important theme and motivating factor in this book. Which characters were most affected by this theme? Which relationships were the most significant to the plot, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Anger was a vice that reared its ugly head a number of times in this book. What are some examples of this, and how was Sarah's life altered because of these incidents?

Essay Topic 3

Sarah was married twice in her life, and both husbands died while working. Please compare and contrast these two marriages, and how these two deaths affected Sarah.

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