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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 happens after the Luthers play with the car for two days?

2. Who notices that Roy Luther is not in the house when the children are gone?

3. What happens when Mary Call wraps Kiser in the onions?

4. Mary Call has promised not to take Roy Luther where after his death?

5. What does Mary Call Luther's family do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Romey react when he finds out about his father's death?

2. Devola is the oldest sister of the Luther family, but in what ways does Mary Call take on that roll?

3. What characteristics does Mary have that are probably the reasons why her father has left her in charge?

4. In what ways are the Connells opposites of each other?

5. What leads up to Mary Call's breakdown with the children in Chapter 7?

6. How is Roy Luther's refusal to see a doctor indicative of stereotypes of mountain people?

7. Why do you think Mary Call dreams about marrying Kiser Pease?

8. Why does Ima Dean throw out the candy Mrs. Connell gave them?

9. Why does Mary Call decide to help Kiser after they find him ill?

10. How does Mary Call try to hide that their father has died from the other children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Mary Call feel about living in the mountains and the perception of her family? Are some of the stereotypes of mountain people true of the Luthers? In what ways are they different?

Essay Topic 2

Mary Call's independence is a central theme to the book. Why is she determined to be independent, and in what ways is she? How does she fail in this in some respects?

Essay Topic 3

How is Roy Luther an example of the price of pride? What does it mean in relation to Kiser's warning about the price of freedom?

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