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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 Sol respond to the way real estate is taking over the land his family owns?

2. What prevents the MacIveys from staying at the Royal Poinciana Hotel?

3. Where does the local doctor tell Zech there is a specialist who might be able to remove the bullet?

4. What happens to Glenda during the trip back from Punta Rassa?

5. What does Sol name his real estate company?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Bonnie die?

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

8. What news does Keith Tiger bring to Zech at the end of Chapter 34, and how does he respond?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Both Tobias and Emma change as a result of the success the family enjoys from the cattle and orange businesses. Using the entire book to provide examples, analyze the way each one of them changes, as well as the similarities and differences in their response to success.

Essay Topic 3

In A Land Remembered, the author uses time as a way to tell the story of the MacIvey family.

1) Describe how flashbacks are used and why they are effective in the book by providing examples and your interpretation of Smith's intentions.

2) Explain how time lapses are included, when they are the most significant, and what the gaps in time add to the story.

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