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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 the group Will belong to in Chapter 19 accomplish?

2. Where does Mack go when his is seventeen?

3. What does Abbie do when she falls on hard times in Chapter 23?

4. What forces the children to miss school in Chapter 17?

5. What does Isabelle announce toward the end of Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens in the Deals' lives in 1880?

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

5. How does John feel about running the farm?

6. What is Eloise Wentworth like?

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

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

9. How does Christine help Abbie in Chapter 20?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the struggles faced by the protagonist throughout the novel. How does she deal with these obstacles and how does she overcome them? What causes these problems for her?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of regret in the novel "A Lantern in her Hand." Why does Abbie feel regret? How does Aldrich convey the protagonist's regret to the reader? How does Abbie deal with these feelings?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of the novel. In what way is the setting an important aspect of this story? How might Abbie's life have been different if she had not lived in the Mid-West during pioneering days?

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