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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. Fairlight's deepest wish is to learn to what?

2. What building does Christy enter that is now deserted?

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

4. How much will the animal that the mission needs cost?

5. By taking some of her slowest readers ___________, Christy discovers that they learn faster.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Spencer cabin like?

2. As Christy revisits the Gap, many things bring back memories for her. What are some of those things?

3. Explain the significance of the trashed school.

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

5. Is Opal McHone a good mother?

6. Why does the arrival of a piano cause problems for Christy?

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

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

9. What is Miss Alice like?

10. How does Miss Alice feel when Christy does discuss the letter writing with her and what does Christy learn from the experience?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

CHRISTY is a novel about the author's mother, who moves from an affluent city to the mountains to teach school in a small mountain community, Cutter Gap. Using examples from the story to back up your answers, answer the following questions about Christy's move to Cutter Gap:

1. Explain why Christy moved to Cutter Gap.

2. What shocking things did Christy discover about Cutter Gap, shortly after her arrival?

3. If you were Christy, would you have moved to Cutter Gap? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The mountain people are very self-reliant and wary of outsiders. Write about two concrete examples of that from the story. One should be an example of how that attitude helped one of them. The other should be about a time that that attitude hurt one of them. Based on your findings, write about whether you feel that self-reliance is a good or bad trait and why.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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