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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. When is Tobias ready to try to go to Punta Rassa again?

2. What fruit does Tobias learn is being sold for money while he is at a trading post?

3. What have the Confederate soldiers burned down?

4. What does Tobias want to trade for supplies at the trading post?

5. Where does Tobias assume the marshtackie has come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the MacIvey family's cattle business, and how does the second encounter with the bull take place?

2. What does Tobias find when he returns home after his second work experience with the Confederates?

3. How does Solomon explain his part in the real estate development to Toby?

4. When do the MacIveys make their second trip to Punta Rassa, and how do they prepare for it?

5. Where do the MacIveys go after their home is burned down and how do they settle there?

6. What does Tobias do as soon as he arrives home after speaking with Keith Tiger, and what happens when he and Zech encounter a bull?

7. What happens to Tobias and Zech on their way to the Seminole Indian village, and why is it symbolic?

8. What gift does Zech find in the pen, and how do the MacIveys choose to name their new animals?

9. What happens to Willie and James, and how does Tobias react?

10. What happens on the first trip to Punta Rassa and how does Tobias respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Smith writes A Land Remembered with descriptions and a subtle change in the perspective of the characters.

1) Describe three examples of the author's use of figurative or descriptive language, why he chooses to use it during those events, and how it adds to the effect of the story.

2) Explain how the point of view shifts from Tobias to Zech to Sol during the book, when the shifts occur, and why they are necessary for the impact of the story.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Zech's relationship with Tawanda. How did it begin? What are Zech's reasons for continuing to have a relationship with Tawanda after he is married? Do his actions contradict the way his father lived his life? How does Tawanda die? Why does Zech feel guilty about her death? What statement could the author be trying to make by having her die this way?

Essay Topic 3

Explain in detail the importance of the setting for the beginning of the MacIvey story. What condition is Florida in when Tobias and his family are first introduced? Where have they come from and why do they choose Florida? What things is the country going through during that time? Why are those events relevant to the way of life in the late 1800s and in what ways do they affect the MacIveys? How does the family react to the world around them and why is that a central theme to the book?

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