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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 year does the story change to when Tobias MacIvey is introduced?

2. How many times does Tobias attempt to capture an alligator?

3. Where does Zech meet Glenda?

4. What is the Everglades area known as to the Indians?

5. What story influences the name Tobias gives to the marshtackie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Tobias recruited by the Confederates, and where do they drive the cattle?

2. How does Solomon explain his part in the real estate development to Toby?

3. 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?

4. What challenges do the MacIveys face on their way to Punta Rassa for the second time?

5. How do Zech, Bonzo, and Frog lose the cows they have herded and what is Tobias' response?

6. How do the MacIvey family and the Seminole Indians meet?

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

8. What are the problems Tobias has when beginning to plant orange trees and how does Emma solve it?

9. What gift does Zech find in the pen, and how do the MacIveys choose to name their new animals?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Smith writes A Land Remembered with descriptions and a subtle change in the perspective of the characters.

1) Describe three examples of the author's use of figurative or descriptive language, why he chooses to use it during those events, and how it adds to the effect of the story.

2) Explain how the point of view shifts from Tobias to Zech to Sol during the book, when the shifts occur, and why they are necessary for the impact of the story.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Zech and Glenda's marriage. How do they first meet? What is the difference between the two families they come from? How is Emma a source of knowledge for Zech throughout his marriage? How is Emma confided in by both Zech and Glenda? What secrets do Zech and Glenda keep from each other, and what are each one's reasons for keeping them?

Essay Topic 3

The custard-apple forest represents a turning point for both Tobias and Zech.

1) Describe the role of the custard-apple forest when it is first introduced and how the timing of its introduction is significant.

2) Explain the changes that are going on in Tobias's life that are displayed by the time spent in the custard-apple forest. What changes is his life getting ready to take that he might not be prepared for?

3) Describe Zech's place in the MacIvey family and in the story when he becomes trapped in the custard-apple forest. What future conflict does it signify for him?

4) Explain what eventually happens to the custard-apple forest and how it relates to the main theme of the book.

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