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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. In Chapter 9, who wants to talk to Roy Luther about Romey's manners?

2. What does the blizzard do to the Luther's food?

3. What still angers Mary Call about Kiser Pease in Chapter 12?

4. When Kiser marries Devola, he now knows what?

5. Who wants Kiser to buy the land and put it in Devola's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the continued feud between Mrs. Connell and Romey.

2. How does Mary Call view education?

3. Explain why Mary Call is worried when Kiser takes Devola off to get her license.

4. Why doesn't Mary Call want Devola to marry Kiser Pease?

5. Describe Mary Call's hospital visit with Kiser Pease.

6. Describe how Mrs. Connell is scared away from the Luther house.

7. How do the Luthers prepare for winter?

8. How does Mary think the younger kids see her?

9. Is Kiser Pease going to take care of the Luthers?

10. How do Romey and Mary Call switch roles in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Mary Call's view on education and her family?

Essay Topic 2

Explore the theme of self-reliance in the novel. How is it clearly in Roy Luther? Mary Call? Romey?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter One, describe what the scene with the traveler and Mary Call's contrasting comments about the land the Luther family lives on illustrates.

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