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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Opal goes out to the men and offers them what?
(a) Drinks.
(b) Food.
(c) Bedding.
(d) Friendship.

2. The next day, the school's closing events are held and Creed Allen brings what to the event?
(a) A bottle of moonshine.
(b) A squirrel.
(c) A raccoon.
(d) A slingshot.

3. The most difficult aspect to typhoid is what?
(a) Reducing fevers.
(b) Isolating the sick.
(c) Keeping people hydrated.
(d) Understanding how it spreads.

4. What does Christy discover in the locked room at Dr. MacNeill's cabin?
(a) A laboratory.
(b) A library of books.
(c) An art studio full of paintings.
(d) A shrine to his dead wife.

5. Lundy Taylor's stay as a boarder at the Mission House results from his father's what?
(a) Imprisonment.
(b) Illness.
(c) Death.
(d) Disappearance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't David want to preside over Ruby Mae's wedding ceremony?

2. How many McHone children does Christy walk to school?

3. Christy is troubled because David never tells her what?

4. Dr. MacNeill needs Christy's help with surgery on whom?

5. Luck is with the women, for what happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain David's decree about women and guns and whether or not you agree with it.

2. Do you agree with Miss Alice still being so religious after being raped by a preacher?

3. Explain how Fairlight's death causes Christy to be disappointed in both herself and David.

4. What things is David uncertain about in Chapters 29 and 30 and how do those things cause Christy to be unsure?

5. Why is Christy upset with Dr. MacNeill over the whole incident involving the blockaders?

6. Explain how the events of Tom McHone's Death may impact the future of Cutter Gap.

7. Summarize Miss Alice's history.

8. What is Opal's approach to handling Birds-Eye and his men?

9. Describe the fears of Zady and Fairlight and what they stand for.

10. Why do you think Miss Alice is reluctant to allow Christy to help her care for Ruby Mae and did Christy make the right choice in going anyway?

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