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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 many bedrooms will Matthew's home have in Ohio?

2. What day of the week does Mrs. Ann decide Lisbeth will have a picnic in Chapter 17?

3. How many stillborn babies did Lisbeth's parents have?

4. What year is it in Chapter 18?

5. What type of jewels are in the necklace that Edward gives Lisbeth in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Edward react when Lisbeth tells him she will not marry him?

2. Why does Matthew divert the other boys to throw stones at a cottonwood?

3. Who covers for Mattie when she is so tired at the beginning of Chapter 13?

4. What does Mrs. Ann suggest when Lisbeth asks if they can have a picnic to celebrate spring?

5. In Chapter 17, what is Lisbeth's opinion of Edward?

6. What happened to Mattie when she is taken to the Anderson plantation after Samuel ran away?

7. How does Lisbeth feel when she learns that Mattie has run away?

8. Why isn't Mattie excited when Lisbeth tells her about her upcoming first dance?

9. How is Poppy buried?

10. Why does Mary think Lisbeth should still marry Edward after Lisbeth finds him raping a slave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After Samuel is sold to the Andersons. How does Lisbeth try to comfort Mattie, and why are her efforts unsuccessful to cheer up Mattie?

Essay Topic 2

Lisbeth depends greatly upon Mattie. What type of relationship does Lisbeth have with Mattie?

Essay Topic 3

Lisbeth wears the conch shell from Mattie to her betrothal party. Why does she wear the shell secretly to the party?

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