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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 many days does the family rest after Glenda's miscarriage?

2. Besides wolves, what does the MacIvey family face on Glenda's first cattle drive?

3. What does Tobias do to cause the orange trees to bloom successfully?

4. When does Sol head the MacIvey State Bank?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Sol and Toby meet for the second time?

5. What changes have happened for the MacIveys when Chapter 29 begins in 1888?

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

7. What leads Sol to visit the Seminole village for the first time and what does he learn there?

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

9. When and how is Zech killed?

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

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

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

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.

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