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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 are Abbie's friends best described?

2. How old is Abbie in Chapter 27?

3. What does Grace refuse to do in her life?

4. What does Abbie name her daughter in Chapter 20?

5. What does Abbie teach the children with while they are out of school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Abbie decide to do since everyone else is pursuing their dreams?

2. What does Oscar Lutz say about Will in Chapter 25

3. What does Will assure Abbie of when they talk about death? Where does Will die?

4. How does John feel about running the farm?

5. Why does John return to Cedartown? Who does he bring with him?

6. What do Abbie's children encourage her to do when Abbie reaches her seventies?

7. Why doesn't Abbie accept Grace's invitation to visit Scotland and Ireland?

8. What begins in Chapter 24 and how does it affect the Deal family?

9. When planning a party for Abbie, what is Grace shocked by?

10. What does Mack do when he is seventeen years old?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of motherhood. How does motherhood change Abbie? Is Abbie a good mother? Why or why not? How do Abbie's children impact her life?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the dream versus reality motif in the novel. What does Abbie sacrifice her dreams for? Why might her dreams have been difficult for her to achieve? How does life get in the way of Abbie's dream?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Abbie's children and grandchildren. What are their defining characteristics? What similarities do they share with Abbie?

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