Incident at Hawk's Hill | Short Essay Assignments

Short Essay Questions

The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.

Short Essay Question - Prologue

1. Describe the way in which William and Esther MacDonald planned to find the site for their farm.

2. As the book opens, how does the author describe William MacDonald?

3. In the prologue, how is Esther MacDonald described?

4. What occurrence leads the MacDonalds to name the site for the new farm?

5. Describe the growth of the MacDonald farm in the early years of the settlement.

6. As the prologue ends, what does the author say is the MacDonald family's greatest problem and...
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