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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. Why is Mattie Leaving?
2. Why does Grandfather not wake up?
3. Where does the clerk threaten to take Mattie?
4. Before Mattie's grandfather came to live with them what was his profession?
5. Why will Matilda's mother not allow Matilda to take Polly's family food?
Short Essay Questions
1. What scares Mattie more than anything at the end of Chapter 12?
2. Describe Grandfather as he leaves on the wagon.
3. Why does Mrs. Bowles suggest to Mattie that she come work at the orphan house?
4. What do Mattie and Grandfather learn at the newspaper office?
5. What do some people in the coffeehouse suggest is causing the sickness?
6. Grandfather feels that Nathaniel Benson must do something before he will ever be able to amount to anything. What is it that he feels he should do?
7. What does Nathaniel Benson send Mattie?
8. Why does the church bell ring twenty-one times?
9. How many people have been predicted to die?
10. How would you characterize Mattie's feelings toward Nathaniel Benson after reading Chapter 5?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At times throughout the novel Mattie and Eliza depend on one another. Look back through the novel and:
1) Describe how their relationship evolves.
2) Discuss the impact that their relationship has at each point in the novel.
Use specific examples from the text to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
The coffee shop is an important setting in the novel. Discuss the significance of this setting focusing on its impact on plot and character development. Then discuss how the story would be different if the story were set elsewhere. Be sure to cite several examples from the novel to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
Mattie grows and changes as a character as the novel progresses. At the same time, she holds to a core set of values. Compare and contrast Mattie at several different stages in her development. Be sure to cite examples from the text to support your ideas.
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