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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. Who tells Tobias about the money to be made in gator hides?

2. What year does A Land Remembered begin?

3. What fruit does Tobias learn is being sold for money while he is at a trading post?

4. How is Tobias paid by Cap'n Hendry?

5. What happens the first time Tobias and Zech encounter the bull?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Willie and James, and how does Tobias react?

2. How does Zech eat his first beef roast, and what keeps Tobias awake after the meal?

3. What is the valuable advice that Keith Tiger gives to Tobias at the end of Chapter 9?

4. Where do the MacIveys go after their home is burned down and how do they settle there?

5. What does Tobias find when he returns home after his second work experience with the Confederates?

6. Why do Willie and James travel so far to get cows from Tobias, and what does he charge them for the cattle?

7. What year does A Land Remembered begin and what is the setting?

8. What happens on the first trip to Punta Rassa and how does Tobias respond?

9. When do the MacIveys make their second trip to Punta Rassa, and how do they prepare for it?

10. What does Tobias do as soon as he arrives home after speaking with Keith Tiger, and what happens when he and Zech encounter a bull?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A Land Remembered chronicles three generations of the MacIvey family.

1) Compare and contrast Tobias with Zech and Sol, analyzing how they each viewed the world, and how they changed with each generation.

2) Describe three major similarities between Tobias, Zech, and Sol in how they choose to live their lives.

3) Describe three major differences between Tobias, Zech, and Sol in how they choose to live their lives.

4) Explain how the MacIveys' story comes full circle at the end of the book and what a possible future holds for the family's name and land.

Essay Topic 2

As Tobias learns about the amount of money being given for cows at Punta Rassa, he makes a crucial decision that has a lasting effect on his family's legacy.

1) Describe the MacIveys' first trip to Punta Rassa, how it is interrupted, the way both Tobias and Emma respond to it, and why Tobias is not discouraged after it.

2) Explain what happens on the second trip the MacIveys make to Punta Rassa, including the challenges they face, and Tobias' view throughout the trip.

3) Analyze the decision Tobias makes to pursue the market in Punta Rassa and its importance to the future of the MacIvey family.

Essay Topic 3

Tobias and the Seminole Indians begin a lifelong friendship when they meet in a way that illustrates one of the book's main messages.

1) Describe how the MacIveys and the Seminoles first meet, the circumstances that cause the two families to cross paths, and why the events result in a respect between them both that last for three generations.

2) Analyze Tobias' character and explain what it is about his view of the world that contributes to his actions with the Seminoles.

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