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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 does Rondal think it is good to work in the open?

2. Where does Rondal go after the accident?

3. Where do Rondal, Carrie and Dr. Booker go?

4. Where is Carrie when news comes of Chafin's forces attacking?

5. Who do the miners shoot at occasionally?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Carrie and Albion do after marrying?

2. What is Carrie doing in the hotel and what does she learn about the attacks on the miners? What does Rondal do?

3. What happens to Rosa in Chapter 17?

4. What do Rondal and Carrie hear about what is happening in the mining camps?

5. What does Carrie do when Rondal brings her breakfast and what does she tell him?

6. What happens after three days of fighting and to what does Talcott compare the fighting?

7. What is Albion doing when he returns to Homeplace and what does he say to Carrie? How does Carrie's family feel about him being back in town?

8. Why do Rondal, Carrie and Booker leave Charleston and where will they have to pass through to get where they are going?

9. Where does Carrie go when the fighting begins and what does she tell Dr. Booker? What is his response?

10. What do Rondal and Carrie do when they reach Charleston and what does Talcott do about the union movement at that point?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of themes in Storming Heaven. Discuss one of the following:

1. Choose two major themes and analyze them and discuss examples of where that theme appears in the text.

2. Compare and contrast two major themes in the novel to those themes found in other texts/movies with which you are familiar.

3. Other than class, which theme do you think is the major theme of the book? Discuss why and give example

Essay Topic 2

The miners seem to be imprisoned by poverty.

1. Do you think then miners are truly "imprisoned" by poverty? Why or why not?

2. Discuss ways in which you think the miners could break out of the prison of poverty.

3. Why do you think it is so hard to move out of poverty either then or now? What do you think it takes to move from poverty to plenty or even great wealth?

4. Is your personality such that you think you would be one of the few who do manage to break out of poverty is you were very poor? Explain how you might differ from the miners.

Essay Topic 3

One of the major themes of Storming Heaven is that of the differences among various classes in the early 1900's in the United States. Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Discuss the idea of "class" as it exists in Storming Heaven. Be sure to include specific examples from the text and a definition of class.

2. Compare and contrast the life of upper-class Americans with that of either the middle class or lower class (i.e., the miners) as it exists in Storming Heaven. What is the upper class attitude towards earning a living? The middle class? The lower class? Which class seems the most practical? The most idealistic?

3. Discuss the following question: What is more of a barrier among people: class, education, religion or gender? Explain your reasoning fully using examples both from the text and your own life experiences.

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