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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 Mack's personality like?

2. What does Grandma Deal save her money for?

3. Which of Abbie's children invite her on a trip in Chapter 28?

4. What is John's personality like?

5. Where does Mack go when his is seventeen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John feel about running the farm?

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

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

4. How does Christine help Abbie in Chapter 20?

5. What amuses Abbie about Eloise's parenting?

6. What happens in the Deals' lives in 1880?

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

8. What money does Grandma Deal use to buy Isabelle a piano? What does she plan to do with the remainder of the money?

9. What begins in Chapter 24 and how does it affect the Deal family?

10. What does Oscar Lutz say about Will in Chapter 25

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of motherhood. How does motherhood change Abbie? Is Abbie a good mother? Why or why not? How do Abbie's children impact her life?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of sacrifice in the novel, "A Lantern in her Hand." What are some examples of sacrifice in the novel? What does Abbie sacrifice for her husband and children?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze symbolism in the novel "A Lantern in her Hand." What are some examples of symbolism? What does the pearl necklace symbolize?

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