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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 Mona and Tilly wake up to find the morning after Antonia leaves?

2. in what tense is the beginning of Chapter 10 narrated?

3. Why does Antonia go home early from Athol?

4. What advice does Antonia give Roger?

5. Why does Antonia tell Estela to hide in her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Roger upset when Antonia gives him inside information?

2. Who calls Antonia in the middle of her conversation with Dot?

3. Why does Antonia leave Athol early?

4. Why does Antonia stay at an Airbnb in Athol?

5. Who is Beth Trotter?

6. What favor does Antonia ask of Roger after she talks to Sheriff Boyer?

7. What does Kim suggest to Izzy?

8. How does Izzy die?

9. Why do the sisters keep congratulating each other after Izzy's intervention?

10. Why is Estela so giddy when Antonia picks her up at Roger's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you examine Antonia's relationship to and understanding of her sister, Izzy. What does she think about Izzy, and why is she concerned about her older sister up until her death? What is the nature of their relationship as the two oldest? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine Antonia's relationship to Sheriff Boyer. In what ways does he help her out, and why? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you discuss the ways in which Antonia processes grief throughout the novel. In the book Antonia loses both her husband and her sister; how does she process this grief, and what impact does it have on her daily life and her overall view of life itself? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

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