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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. Who does David propose to?
2. Bird's-Eye shoots at David how many times, purposefully missing?
3. Lundy Taylor's stay as a boarder at the Mission House results from his father's what?
4. Dr. MacNeill knows that the three men running the still are Bird's-Eye Taylor, Tom McHone, and whom?
5. David is angry because the entire Lyleton what is now empty?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does Dr. MacNeill give for helping the blockaders and do you agree with it?
2. What things is David uncertain about in Chapters 29 and 30 and how do those things cause Christy to be unsure?
3. 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?
4. What is Opal's approach to handling Birds-Eye and his men?
5. Explain the calling from God that Christy feels in chapters 27 and 28.
6. Explain how Fairlight's death causes Christy to be disappointed in both herself and David.
7. How is the theme of teamwork illustrated, in Chapters 41 and 42?
8. Why is Christy upset with Dr. MacNeill over the whole incident involving the blockaders?
9. Should David have gotten the US Marshals involved in finding the moonshine stills, even though it made him a target?
10. Do you agree with Miss Alice still being so religious after being raped by a preacher?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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 the following questions about superstition in Cutter Gap:
1. Choose one character that has a superstition in the story and explain how that influences the character.
2. Are there any good superstitions in the story or are they all bad and why?
3. Do you feel that the people of Cutter Gap should keep their superstitions, or should they have been taught modern ways? Use examples from the story to back up your answer.
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