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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. How does Beatrice stage a premature birth?

2. Why does Beatrice ride her horse recklessly during hunting season?

3. What news does Harry break to Beatrice in Chapter 11?

4. Which of the following does John NOT do when he returns home?

5. What is held on the last day of the wheat harvest?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Beatrice know that Ralph is getting closer to returning to Wideacre?

2. How has the wheat harvest changed now that Beatrice is in control?

3. Why does Celia reject Beatrice's plan for Julia's inheritance of Wideacre?

4. How does Beatrice know that Ralph has returned?

5. What does Beatrice tell Celia to coerce her to support John's being sent away for alcohol abuse treatment?

6. Describe the scene of desperation that Harry and Beatrice witness at the Christmas party.

7. How does Beatrice ultimately handle the pregnancy?

8. What inadvertently happens to restore John's reputation as a doctor?

9. What causes Mama to collapse in the library?

10. How does the story end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is much symbolism in this story regarding the wheat harvest. What does the wheat symbolize for the workers? What does it mean for Beatrice and Wideacre? How does the nature of the wheat harvest change as the story extends?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of girls and women in the 18th century in England. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? What freedoms did they enjoy that 21st-century women do not?

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Celia. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point in her life?

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