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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 is the year in Chapter 5?

2. What can Samuel read from in Chapter 9?

3. Who are looking for Samuel and Emmanuel?

4. At what age does Miss Taylor beginning teaching the daughters of plantation owners etiquette, manners, and other subjects?

5. In Chapter 10, to what plantation does Mr. Wainwright sell Samuel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sorts of topics are young ladies allowed and not allowed to talk about with young men?

2. What does Ann tell Lisbeth's about her mother?

3. What happened to Mattie's mother?

4. In Chapter 5, how does Lisbeth spend Sunday afternoons when Mattie is in the quarters?

5. In Chapter 6, what does Mattie tell Lisbeth to do when Mattie is gone and Lisbeth misses her?

6. What was the history of Mattie's family?

7. How does Mattie respond when Lisbeth tells her she found the first crocus?

8. What does Emmanuel want to do every spring and why?

9. What favor does Mattie ask Mrs. Ann?

10. Who will take care of Mattie's son, Samuel, while she is gone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flat and round characters appear in the novel. What is the role of flat characters and what type of role do they play when there are conflicts in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Ann is the mistress of Fair Oaks in name only. What prevents Ann from being the true mistress of the plantation?

Essay Topic 3

Lisbeth blithely discussed a dance and its importance while Jordan was sick. Is Lisbeth a naturally selfish, insensitive girl?

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