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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. After the reception is over, who does Christy walk back to the Mission House with?

2. At the wedding reception, who does Dr. MacNeill dance with several times?

3. One thing about the highlanders that Christy confronts but puzzles her is their intense what?

4. That night Ruby Mae wakes Christy with word that men are trying to break into the what?

5. David sees the mountain folk as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you agree with Christy accusing Dr. MacNeill of knowing that Tom was shot by Birds-Eye because Tom had decided to change sides because of Dr. MacNeill's visit to the McHones? Why or why not?

2. Explain the calling from God that Christy feels in chapters 27 and 28.

3. What reason does Dr. MacNeill give for helping the blockaders and do you agree with it?

4. What discovery does Christy make at Dr. MacNeill's cabin that causes her to have renewed respect for the doctor?

5. Explain how Fairlight's death causes Christy to be disappointed in both herself and David.

6. What is Opal's approach to handling Birds-Eye and his men?

7. Explain how Fairlight's religious beliefs seemed to differ from, yet compare to, other residents of the Gap.

8. Explain how David alerting the US Marshals comes back to haunt him with regard to the incidents of Prince's tail and the church pulpit, in chapters 23 and 34.

9. Do you agree with Miss Alice still being so religious after being raped by a preacher?

10. Explain David's decree about women and guns and whether or not you agree with it.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose any character from the book that you want and describe the physical and emotional changes that you feel he/she went through, as the book progressed. Why did those changes take place? What were the results for that character? Also, how did those results impact other characters?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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