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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. The story is about a preacher that the people want to be what?
(a) Dead.
(b) Younger.
(c) A teacher, instead.
(d) Older.

2. Fairlight's death is coming the moment what happens?
(a) The moon rises.
(b) The shadow of the mountain comes over the house.
(c) The sun rises.
(d) The sun sets.

3. One thing about the highlanders that Christy confronts but puzzles her is their intense what?
(a) Animocity.
(b) Superstition.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Love.

4. Christy reaches the point where she holds who responsible for Fairlight's death and her own anger and resentment?
(a) Miss Alice.
(b) Herself.
(c) David.
(d) God.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Christy and David wait for how many days before Dr. MacNeill is able to find time to meet with them?

3. The first event upon Christy's return to Cutter Gap is the marriage of Ruby Mae and who?

4. That night Ruby Mae wakes Christy with word that men are trying to break into the what?

5. The mountain folks refuse to accept the idea that typhoid bacilli can be present by the billions in their what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Miss Alice's history.

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

3. Explain the funny incident that occurs at the school's closing ceremonies with Creed Allen.

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

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

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

7. Explain how David alerting the US Marshals comes back to haunt him with regard to the incidents of Prince's tail and the church pulpit, in chapters 23 and 34.

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

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

10. What discovery does Christy make at Dr. MacNeill's cabin that causes her to have renewed respect for the doctor?

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