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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. How often is Zech planning on purchasing orange trees from Fort Dallas?

2. When does Sol head the MacIvey State Bank?

3. How does Emma feel about Zech's plan for the land?

4. How does Tawanda die?

5. How old is Sol in 1892?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Glenda suffer her first miscarriage?

2. How does Zech deal with the cattle rustlers in 1896?

3. How does Emma die, and what is Tobias' response?

4. What plan does Zech confide in Emma before the wedding?

5. How does Bonnie die?

6. What advice does Tobias give to Zech after the cows are slaughtered?

7. What events change Sol's mind about land development?

8. What is the contrasting way that Glenda and Zech react to Palm Beach?

9. How does Sol meet Bonnie, and what is interesting about their relationship?

10. How do the oranges reflect the state of Tobias and the MacIvey family after Emma's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain in detail the importance of the setting for the beginning of the MacIvey story. What condition is Florida in when Tobias and his family are first introduced? Where have they come from and why do they choose Florida? What things is the country going through during that time? Why are those events relevant to the way of life in the late 1800s and in what ways do they affect the MacIveys? How does the family react to the world around them and why is that a central theme to the book?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Analyze Zech's relationship with Tawanda. How did it begin? What are Zech's reasons for continuing to have a relationship with Tawanda after he is married? Do his actions contradict the way his father lived his life? How does Tawanda die? Why does Zech feel guilty about her death? What statement could the author be trying to make by having her die this way?

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