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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. Lundy is very ill and calls out for who?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) David.
(d) Dr. MacNeill.

2. How many McHone children does Christy walk to school?
(a) Six.
(b) Nine.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. Dr. MacNeill needs Christy's help with surgery on whom?
(a) Creed Allen.
(b) Fairlight.
(c) Miss Alice.
(d) Little Burl.

4. At her talk, Christy meets Mrs. Browning who introduces Christy to the idea of Danish Folk Schools, designed to help who?
(a) Disabled people.
(b) Older people.
(c) Children.
(d) Widows.

5. Dr. MacNeill returns and wants to send Christy where to keep her away from the epidemic?
(a) Asheville.
(b) El Pano.
(c) Dr. MacNeill's cabin.
(d) A cave in the side of the mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Christy reaches the point where she holds who responsible for Fairlight's death and her own anger and resentment?

2. They hang curtains made of what?

3. David is angry because the entire Lyleton what is now empty?

4. Christy and Will set to work peeling and slicing what to heat for poultices?

5. Before David acts on the advice of Miss Alice, Ozias surprises David and Christy with an invitation to take part in a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What reason does Dr. MacNeill give for helping the blockaders and do you agree with it?

3. Explain the calling from God that Christy feels in chapters 27 and 28.

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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