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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 is Mary Call frustrated with herself after Goldie leaves?
2. What does Mary Call take from the wall to go after Kiser with?
3. What is the reaction when Kiser rejects a marriage proposal?
4. What does the blizzard do to the Luther's food?
5. What kind of weather is happening when Mary Call and Romey refuse the ride home from school in Chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. Compare and contrast the characters of Goldie Pease and Kiser Pease.
2. What is most upsetting to the family about the roof?
3. Explain why Mary Call is worried when Kiser takes Devola off to get her license.
4. How does Mary think the younger kids see her?
5. How do the Luthers prepare for winter?
6. How is Goldie able to take the house from the Luthers?
7. How does Devola remind Mary Call of Cosby Luther in this chapter, and how does she respond to it?
8. Why do you think Mary Call's worries are mostly gone?
9. How does the blizzard take its toll on the Luthers?
10. How does Mary Call view education?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explore the theme of self-reliance in the novel. How is it clearly in Roy Luther? Mary Call? Romey?
Essay Topic 2
What is Mary Call's view on education and her family?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter One, describe what the scene with the traveler and Mary Call's contrasting comments about the land the Luther family lives on illustrates.
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