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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. Through Mountie, Christy discovers the link between physical demonstrations of love and what?

2. David learns that a phone call will come in at four in the afternoon on what day?

3. What is David's big project?

4. The Lyon and Healy Company send the mission what?

5. Then Miss Alice talks about why God allows awful things to happen in life. It allows humans full freedom of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Is Christy an optimist?

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

6. What makes Christy volunteer in Cutter Gap and would you have done such a thing, if you were in her place?

7. How does Christy approach her meeting with Mr. Hazen Smith?

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

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

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

List at least 5 of the major hardships that you feel faced the people of cutter Gap in Christy's time. Then, list at least 5 advantages that you think those same people had over others. Describe, in detail, what you think that says about the life theory that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

Essay Topic 2

Discussion of the shadow of the mountain foreshadows the death of Christy's friend, Fairlight, in the book. List and describe, in detail, three other examples of how the author, Catherine Marshall, uses foreshadowing in the book.

Essay Topic 3

The setting of the book is very important to the entire feel of the story.

Part 1: Choose a section of the book and describe the setting and how that setting impacted the feel of that part of the book.

Part 2: Using the same setting example from part one, explain how even a subtle change of setting could have altered the feel of that part of the book and what impact that might have had on story progression.

Part 3: Describe any part of the book where you feel the setting was lacking. How would you have increased setting description to help the story?

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