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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. What does Abbie name her daughter in Chapter 20?

2. How does Abbie feel when she returns to Nebraska?

3. Where does Will die?

4. What kind of school does Abbie hear about in Chapter 18?

5. Why doesn't Will want Mack to move away?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Abbie sell off much of the Deal land in Chapter 25?

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

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

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

6. What is Eloise Wentworth like?

7. What is Margaret's response when Abbie offers her her mother's pearls?

8. What money does Grandma Deal use to buy Isabelle a piano? What does she plan to do with the remainder of the money?

9. Why do the Deal children miss school in Chapter 17? What does Abbie have them do?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of family in the novel, "A Lantern in her Hand." Describe the families of both Will and Abbie. How do these families affect Abbie's life? Why is Abbie's family unhappy with her marriage to Will?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of sacrifice in the novel, "A Lantern in her Hand." What are some examples of sacrifice in the novel? What does Abbie sacrifice for her husband and children?

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