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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. Why does Sol leave the MacIvey homestead?

2. What causes the trip back from Punta Rassa to be slower in Chapter 32?

3. How long ago had Keith Tiger passed away when Sol visits the Seminole village?

4. Who insists that Emma be buried back at the homestead?

5. Who takes over Emma's chores after she passes away?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tobias die?

2. What happens during Glenda's first cattle drive with the MacIveys?

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

4. What event in 1892 causes Tobias to wonder about the future of the cattle driving business?

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

6. How is the MacIvey story brought full circle in the way the book ends?

7. What news does Tawanda have for Zech on his visit to the Seminole village after the cattle drive?

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

9. Where do Sol and Bonnie live, and how does Sol store his money?

10. When and how is Zech killed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the women in the book seem to have tragic, unforeseen deaths.

1) Describe how Emma dies and what the reaction of Tobias is along with the rest of the family. What did Emma represent for Tobias, and why is he having difficulty living without her?

2) Explain how Glenda dies and the author's possible reasons for ending the character this way. How did Glenda help Zech fit into the present and future? What does her death signal for him?

3) Describe how Bonnie dies and how her death continues the tragic theme that the author establishes throughout the book.

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

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?

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