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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. Christy learns that God accepts individuals under what rule?
(a) As they are.
(b) If they are good.
(c) If they ask for forgiveness.
(d) If they bend to His will.

2. After the reception is over, who does Christy walk back to the Mission House with?
(a) Dr. MacNeill.
(b) Miss Alice.
(c) David.
(d) Fairlight.

3. On her way back to Cutter Gap, Christy heads to Knoxville for her visit with Hazen Smith and Mrs. Toliver of the what club?
(a) College.
(b) Upland.
(c) University.
(d) Country.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the school stay open during the epidemic?

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

3. Fairlight's death is coming the moment what happens?

4. At her talk, Christy meets Mrs. Browning who introduces Christy to the idea of Danish Folk Schools, designed to help who?

5. Toward morning, who appears at the back door of the Mission House?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why David is initially opposed to Ruby Mae's marriage.

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

3. 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?

4. How is the theme of teamwork illustrated, in Chapters 41 and 42?

5. Explain how Fairlight's religious beliefs seemed to differ from, yet compare to, other residents of the Gap.

6. What is Christy's dream for the mountain people and how does she begin to put it into practice, in Chapters 31 and 32?

7. Explain Christy's inner conflict regarding David and Dr. MacNeill.

8. Do you agree with Christy accusing Dr. MacNeill of knowing that Tom was shot by Birds-Eye because Tom had decided to change sides because of Dr. MacNeill's visit to the McHones? Why or why not?

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

10. Should David have gotten the US Marshals involved in finding the moonshine stills, even though it made him a target?

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