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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. Christy finds Mr. Pentland where and asks him to take her on to Cutter Gap?

2. Christy awakens and looks out the window and immediately feels embraced by the view of the what?

3. The children refuse to sit next to what?

4. What is the main location of the book?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Spencer cabin like?

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

3. Does Swannie O'Teale love her oldest son?

4. What role does religion play in Christy's move to Cutter Gap?

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

6. What point does Miss Alice try to make to Christy about Christy's job in Cutter Gap?

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

8. Explain how David flounders where Aunt Polly Teague is concerned.

9. 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?

10. Do you feel that Christy is more a teacher or a student and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

CHRISTY is a book that is full of life lessons.

Part 1: Choose any three major life lessons that the book taught and describe the sections of the book where those lessons were taught. Then, explain which of those three life lessons you feel was the most important and why.

Part 2: Was there anything taught in the book that you disagreed with? If not, why not? If so, what was it and why did you disagree with it?

Essay Topic 2

Miss Alice plays a large role in the story.

Part 1: Define Miss Alice's role in the book, especially as it relates to Christy. Is miss Alice a teacher, mother, nurse or combination of all? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Part 2: Do you think that Miss Alice is a good role model for Chirsty? Why or why not?

Part 3: What do you think life in the mountains would have been like for Christy if Miss Alice wasn't there?

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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