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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 do Will and Meg experiment with?

2. Who does Meg wish would join her and her father with the silly thing?

3. What does Will always bring when he comes to the house?

4. Who teaches Molly about nature?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Ben show Meg something strange in the garden?

3. What causes Molly to go to the hospital again?

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

5. What kind of rumors are spread about Maria and Ben?

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

7. How does Lydia say Molly and Meg were different as children?

8. What does Meg first see when she comes to Maria's house while she is in labor?

9. What does Molly look like when Meg comes to see her in the hospital?

10. What is Molly sick with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character do you relate to the most in this book? Why? How did this character change throughout the book? How do you think you might change if you were in the same situation.

Essay Topic 2

Personal identity was a main theme in this book. Where does this theme appear and how does its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot? Provide examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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