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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 Blue Horse do while Sarah is in labor?

2. Why does Ruben's mother kill herself?

3. Who shows great respect to Jack while he is traveling to see his father?

4. What does Adelita do when she gives birth?

5. How does Sarah wound one of the men who rob a train?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Sarah to allow Mason to live in the house with her while Jack is away?

2. What does Sarah tell Jack when he returns from the fort?

3. What does Sarah make to sell in town?

4. What happens when Savannah has some complications with a labor?

5. How did Jack's mother die?

6. What happens when Sarah is approached by the brother of the man who threatened Melissa?

7. What does Sarah say she sees after losing her daughter?

8. What does April do when Sarah moves back to the ranch?

9. How does Jack die?

10. What do Sarah and Mason do the first night he stays in the house with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters who are touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Death and mortality were two integral themes in Sarah's life. What are some of the key examples of this theme, and how did the presence of this theme affect the main characters?

Essay Topic 3

What was the response of Ulyssa's parents to Sarah's protection of her when she was raped, and how did this affect Sarah?

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