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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. Where is John injured in Chapter 21?

2. What does Will do in 1880?

3. Who is Mack married to?

4. What is John's personality like?

5. What does Abbie get caught in on her way home at the end of Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does a man bring to dinner in Chapter 16? What does this remind Abbie of?

3. How does Christine help Abbie in Chapter 20?

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

5. What amuses Abbie about Eloise's parenting?

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

7. How does John feel about running the farm?

8. What group is Will involved with in Chapter 19?

9. What is Eloise Wentworth like?

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

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

Discuss the historical context of the novel. What major events were taking place during the time period in which this novel is set? How do these real events affect the characters?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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