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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 teases Hannah for her hair cut?

2. What did Mr. Murphy give Daisy and her sisters?

3. In "A Mountain Day", where does the family take a summer trip?

4. What is the title of the story in Chapter 21?

5. How does the spinster feel when she witnesses the fight outside her home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare Emily to Lottie.

2. How does the title of the story, "The Liberation", tie in with Polly's story?

3. How does the title, "The End of a Career", relate to the story?

4. Explain how the title, "Between the Porch and the Altar", relates to the plot of the story.

5. What expectations did Emma have about intellectuals and how did this change?

6. What lesson does Emily learn from Lottie?

7. How are Daisy and her sister able to find humor in unpleasantness?

8. What is the community reaction to Emily getting the evangelists kicked out of town, and why?

9. How does Ella show that she loves her horse?

10. Why does Judy think that her happiest day was the day in the mountains?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is conforming to meet society's standards a theme throughout the stories in this book?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how relevant the title of 3 different short stories is to the plot, characters, and setting of those stories.

Essay Topic 3

What role do social groups and social situations play in the short stories?

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