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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. Miss Alice teaches Christy that in order to do God's work, Christy must emerge from her what?

2. After doing what, Christy is reminded of old faces?

3. Some students have come to school without what?

4. At what age did Christy begin working in the community?

5. Christy falls from the mule into what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Miss Alice like?

2. Explain how sewing buttons on a coat helped Christy to make progress with the children.

3. Explain the significance of the trashed school.

4. When the phone comes to Cutter Gap, everyone is excited. Explain how this seems contradictory to the rest of the book so far.

5. What lesson does Christy learn about vanity on the first day of school?

6. Do you feel that Christy's great love of children is good or bad and why?

7. What is Mrs. Tatum's reaction to Christy's desire to go to Cutter Gap and teach and do you agree with it? Why or why not?

8. Catherine Marshall is Christy's daughter. Why does Catherine write a book about her mother?

9. Why is Christy so discouraged about her work with the children after a month?

10. Is Opal McHone a good mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

List five major differences between Christy's life in Asheville and her life in Cutter Gap. Then, explain whether or not, based on those differences, you feel that Christy should have stayed in Asheville, rather than ever coming to the Gap. What is the reasoning behind your decision?

Essay Topic 2

Answer each of the following questions about Miss Alice using examples from the story:

1. How was Miss Alice's faith in God tested when she was young?

2. How was Miss Alice's faith in God tested in regard to her daughter?

3. Why is Miss Alice so strongly attached to Christy?

4. Do you think that you would still have faith if you had had Miss Alice's life? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Answer the following questions about superstition in Cutter Gap:

1. Choose one character that has a superstition in the story and explain how that influences the character.

2. Are there any good superstitions in the story or are they all bad and why?

3. Do you feel that the people of Cutter Gap should keep their superstitions, or should they have been taught modern ways? Use examples from the story to back up your answer.

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