View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miss Alice tells about how she was assaulted by whom?

2. Why doesn't David want to preside over Ruby Mae's wedding ceremony?

3. The mountain folks refuse to accept the idea that typhoid bacilli can be present by the billions in their what?

4. Zady Spencer is afraid of what?

5. Christy and David wait for how many days before Dr. MacNeill is able to find time to meet with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you agree with Miss Alice still being so religious after being raped by a preacher?

2. What is Opal's approach to handling Birds-Eye and his men?

3. Explain Christy's inner conflict regarding David and Dr. MacNeill.

4. Do you agree with Christy accusing Dr. MacNeill of knowing that Tom was shot by Birds-Eye because Tom had decided to change sides because of Dr. MacNeill's visit to the McHones? Why or why not?

5. Explain how the events of Tom McHone's Death may impact the future of Cutter Gap.

6. What is Christy's dream for the mountain people and how does she begin to put it into practice, in Chapters 31 and 32?

7. Why is Christy upset with Dr. MacNeill over the whole incident involving the blockaders?

8. Explain how David alerting the US Marshals comes back to haunt him with regard to the incidents of Prince's tail and the church pulpit, in chapters 23 and 34.

9. Explain David's decree about women and guns and whether or not you agree with it.

10. Describe the fears of Zady and Fairlight and what they stand for.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Answer the following questions about superstition in Cutter Gap:

1. Choose one character that has a superstition in the story and explain how that influences the character.

2. Are there any good superstitions in the story or are they all bad and why?

3. Do you feel that the people of Cutter Gap should keep their superstitions, or should they have been taught modern ways? Use examples from the story to back up your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Feuding is one of the major themes of the book. Explain which families are feuding, why they are feuding and what the direct and indirect results of those feuds are throughout the book.

Essay Topic 3

Answer each of the following questions about Miss Alice using examples from the story:

1. How was Miss Alice's faith in God tested when she was young?

2. How was Miss Alice's faith in God tested in regard to her daughter?

3. Why is Miss Alice so strongly attached to Christy?

4. Do you think that you would still have faith if you had had Miss Alice's life? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,099 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample