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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. How does Henry pay down his debt?

2. What name does La Rue call Charlotte in reference to the note she receives after the party?

3. At the end of their first meeting, how does John feel about a union with Charlotte?

4. What does Lucy tell Eldridge about his family?

5. After the search and note concerning Charlotte's whereabouts, what does Eldridge conclude?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Temples' plans for a birthday party for Charlotte build suspense?

2. Why does Lucy pray to God for Charlotte?

3. What internal struggle does John immediately have concerning Charlotte?

4. Why would Rowson intend this book for "sober matrons" daughters?

5. How does La Rue bully Charlotte one more time before they begin traveling to America?

6. Why would Charlotte's grandfather have such difficulty in breaking the news of Charlotte's elopement?

7. What sort of note does Montraville give Charlotte?

8. How does the military connect characters in the book?

9. How does Charlotte perceive the evening at La Rue's "cousin's" house, and what does this say about Charlotte?

10. What does Charlotte's wavering in seeing John again foreshadow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Mrs. Crayton's past and her feelings surrounding her past affect her present life?

Essay Topic 2

How reliable is the narrator of the novel? Does she have motives that would encourage lying?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Charlotte's death follow the message or theme of the novel? Why was her death necessary?

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