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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 color are the mountains of North Carolina, according to Tim?
2. What does the bishop tell Tim he must do for two months?
3. Who spots Barnabas after he is stolen?
4. What is the name of Tim's bishop?
5. Who is shot while staking out the house where Barnabas is?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think Tim is ignoring the doctor's directions to eat well and exercise?
2. What inscription has Willard carved into the Porter House? Why is this significant?
3. What is Tim's response to Cynthia's proposal that she and Tim go steady?
4. Which is your favorite character in this book? Which is your least favorite character in this book? Why?
5. Describe the events of the evening leading up to Cynthia's proposal that she and Tim go steady.
6. Ron Malcolm takes off his shoes and gives them to George Gaynor. Why does he do this? What does this represent?
7. How does the loss of Barnabas bring Dooley and Tim closer together?
8. Why is Tim amazed by Sadie's love story?
9. When the townspeople commented on Tim's sickly look, what do you think Karon wanted her readers to think about Tim's health?
10. Why does Dooley get into a food fight? Why isn't Tim more upset about it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose two main characters, and describe the personal changes each character went through over the course of Karon's story. What caused these changes to occur?
Essay Topic 2
What is the tone of "At Home in Mitford"? Why would Karon choose to write the story in this type of tone? What impact does the tone have on the way the reader perceives the characters and sequence of events?
Essay Topic 3
What do you think is the main theme of Karon's novel? Identify at least three events in "At Home in Mitford" that communicate this theme.
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