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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 sign does the family put up outside the house in Chapter 9?

2. Does Kiser believe the person who proposes to him?

3. What kind of weather is happening when Mary Call and Romey refuse the ride home from school in Chapter 9?

4. In Chapter 13, someone offers Mary Call a ride on her way to the hospital and takes her somewhere on the way. Where?

5. Who is sent to crash the alone time between Kiser and Devola?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Mary Call's plans for the cave?

2. Why do you think Mary Call's worries are mostly gone?

3. Why do you think Mary Call refuses Kiser's offer of money?

4. How does Mary Call view education?

5. How is Goldie able to take the house from the Luthers?

6. Compare and contrast the characters of Goldie Pease and Kiser Pease.

7. Once again, how do the other family members take out their frustration on Mary?

8. Explain what the coming of the early spring could symbolize for the Luther family and what it means when it is quickly taken away.

9. Why doesn't Mary Call try to stop the wedding between Devola and Kiser Pease?

10. Why does Mary Call decide to marry Kiser Pease? What does she think will happen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Mary Call Luther and Devola Luther. In what ways are they different? In what ways are they alike? How does their relationship change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Describe two examples of Mary Call's major decisions in the book that affect the entire family but are made entirely on her own.

Essay Topic 3

Mary Call's independence is a central theme to the book. Why is she determined to be independent, and in what ways is she? How does she fail in this in some respects?

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