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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 does Tobias react to his new suit?

2. How does Sol respond to the way real estate is taking over the land his family owns?

3. How does Zech die?

4. What year does Chapter 42 begin?

5. Where is the first vacation that Zech, Glenda, and Sol have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Tawanda react to Zech's marriage?

5. How does Zech see Tawanda for the second time?

6. What are some of the exciting things happening for the MacIvey family in February of 1880?

7. Why does Sol decide to leave the MacIvey homestead?

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

9. How does Glenda die, and what advice does Zech give to Sol afterward?

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

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

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 3

The issue of land rights becomes a major part of the story for the MacIveys. Provide several examples of how the theme of land, ownership, and preservation is portrayed in the book. In addition, include which characters it affects the most and why.

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