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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 allows Meg to be strong in her grief?

2. How does Meg feel when Maria asks her to help during her birth?

3. What does Clarice call Maria and Ben?

4. What does Charles hear about Ben and Maria that he doesn't like?

5. What does Lydia talk about as she works on the quilt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gives Meg strength when she sees her mother sewing the quilt?

2. What does Meg tell Will she envies about Molly after meeting Ben and Maria?

3. How does Charles say the family can help Molly as she is dying?

4. How does Meg realize the true nature of Molly's condition?

5. Why does Maria ask a favor of Meg while Molly is in the hospital again?

6. How does Meg feel when Molly goes back to the hospital and why does she feel this way?

7. How do Ben and Maria plan for their child?

8. Why is Meg so surprised when Molly wants to meet Ben and Maria?

9. Why does Will tell Meg she needs to come back to the country in the Fall?

10. What happens that makes Meg decide she needs to visit Molly in the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some instances where these themes are present? Why are they so important to the characters involved? Provide specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Despair is a theme seen in a number of sensitive places throughout this novel. Discuss some of the scenes where despair is present and discuss the role that despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 3

Meg and Molly are two very similar people, yet they have some very notable and important differences. Write a compare/contrast essay about these two characters and use the text to cite examples to support your argument.

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