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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. Who welcomes a child in Chapter 24?

2. Who has a child in Chapter 27?

3. What does Will do in 1880?

4. What does Grace refuse to do in her life?

5. What does Margaret do to pass her time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Abbie accept Grace's invitation to visit Scotland and Ireland?

2. Why do the Deal children miss school in Chapter 17? What does Abbie have them do?

3. When planning a party for Abbie, what is Grace shocked by?

4. What do Abbie's children encourage her to do when Abbie reaches her seventies?

5. Why does John return to Cedartown? Who does he bring with him?

6. What does Will assure Abbie of when they talk about death? Where does Will die?

7. What does Mack do when he is seventeen years old?

8. Why does Abbie sell off much of the Deal land in Chapter 25?

9. What emotions does Abbie feel after the death of her son?

10. What amuses Abbie about Eloise's parenting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the protagonist of the novel, Abbie Deal. What are her defining character traits? What is most important to her and why? What important events take place during her life?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the career of the author of the novel, Bess Streeter Aldrich. What are some of the other works she has written? Compare the themes of these other works to those in "A Lantern in her Hand."

Essay Topic 3

Describe Abbie's dreams and why she desires them. What is the connection between Abbie's grandmother and Abbie's dreams? Does Abbie achieve her dreams? Why or why not?

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