The Keepers of the House Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Keepers of the House Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What do people clean muddy shoes on at the Howland home?

2. Two African American children, six and seven years old, arrived at the Howland kitchen door on Sunday afternoon. What did everyone call these children?

3. Where do John and Abigail go for their first date?

4. Why is Abigail away from home for almost a year?

5. Where did William find a mouse nest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Abigail remember about the first part of her life?

2. What are Margaret's earliest memories?

3. What does Margaret find in the Howland woods that she brings back to the house?

4. What does Margaret's first bedroom at the Howland home look like?

5. Describe the only act of affection between her grandfather and Margaret that Abigail witnesses.

6. What does Abigail remember about Robert as a child?

7. What does Margaret take with her when she moves from New Church to the Howland estate?

8. Describe the house that Margaret grows up in.

9. Describe the Howland kitchen.

10. What is the story of the hoop snake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe what the author means by "keep your heart ticking under the sheltering arches of your ribs."

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the first section, Abigail admits that if she were to be honest, she would wish that Robert weren't alive. Discuss this statement. Does this make Abigail evil?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the effects of the Depression on the Howland family.

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