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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. Who is elected to serve as the club's first corresponding secretary and treasurer?

2. Which woman is said to keep both her husband and daughter in line?

3. What is the young man's injury when he is hurt at Ludwig's mill in "1878"?

4. Who begins to hang out with the new girl Ellen in the chapter called "1870"?

5. Who speaks at the 1868 graduation ceremony at the college?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anne encourage John to go on a trip with Ludwig? Whom does he meet on the trip?

2. How does Amanda's mother respond when Amanda offers to take care of her?

3. Discuss John's decision regarding treatment of Zack's injury.

4. Why do several mothers pull their children out of Miss Pinney's school? How does the club help?

5. How do Doug and Barbara's approach to dealing with Doug's aunts differ?

6. Who discovers Miss Pinney is dead? Where is she found?

7. Who starts the Waynesboro Women's Club, and whom do they recruit to join?

8. Who was the valedictorian of the college, and what is the topic of the valedictorian's speech?

9. What does John tell Anne about Mr. McCune's delay in contacting a doctor for his wife?

10. What marital advice does Anne's dying father give to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define rising action as an element of plot. Discuss in detail the rising action in...and Ladies of the Club. How does the author present it? How does the rising action flow? How does the rising action add to the suspense of the story?

Essay Topic 2

There are four points of view in which literature is written which are first person, third person objective, third person limited, and omniscient. Which point of view does the author use in this book? Is this the most effective point of view for this story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Identify and discuss three points of foreshadowing from the novel. Did the author use foreshadowing effectively? Why or why not? Define foreshadowing in your essay as well.

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