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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. The women are alone, for Tom McHone has crept out during the night and David is where?

2. The next day, Ruby Mae and _______ discover that Prince's beautiful flowing tail and mane have been shorn.

3. Before Christy leaves for her break with her family in Asheville, she visits who?

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

5. Christy learns that God accepts individuals under what rule?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Miss Alice's history.

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

3. Explain the funny incident that occurs at the school's closing ceremonies with Creed Allen.

4. 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.

5. What is Christy's dream for the mountain people and how does she begin to put it into practice, in Chapters 31 and 32?

6. Why is Christy upset with Dr. MacNeill over the whole incident involving the blockaders?

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

8. Describe the fears of Zady and Fairlight and what they stand for.

9. Explain Christy's inner conflict regarding David and Dr. MacNeill.

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

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

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 3

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.

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