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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. Ida's brother is in what profession?

2. Who refuses to work and expects to be paid?

3. What is the name of the Spencer family pet?

4. When Christy returns years later, what road obstruction does she still remember?

5. Christy stumbles through _________ on her way to Mrs. Tatum's.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the effect that waking up and seeing the Great Smoky Mountains has on Christy.

2. Briefly describe Dr. MacNeill's family history.

3. Do you think it was right for moonshine whiskey to be outlawed back in Christy's time? Why or why not?

4. Describe the situation with the injured man in the Spencer cabin and why it upsets Christy.

5. Is Christy an optimist?

6. Do you think that it was Christy's business to try to mend the rift between Ruby Mae's parents?

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. Describe the irony of David's opinion that the money for a horse for the mission is only a coincidence.

9. What is Dr. MacNeill's challenge for Christy and the mission?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Teaching is a major theme of the book. Explain how each of the following characters played the roll of teacher at some point in the story:

Dr. MacNeill

Fairlight

David

Miss Alice

The school children

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