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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. Christy is troubled because David never tells her what?

2. Christy and David wait for how many days before Dr. MacNeill is able to find time to meet with them?

3. Christy reaches the point where she holds who responsible for Fairlight's death and her own anger and resentment?

4. At her talk, Christy meets Mrs. Browning who introduces Christy to the idea of Danish Folk Schools, designed to help who?

5. Who once dated Mr. Taylor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Summarize Miss Alice's history.

10. 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.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Teaching is a major theme of the book. Explain how each of the following characters played the roll of teacher at some point in the story:

Dr. MacNeill

Fairlight

David

Miss Alice

The school children

Essay Topic 2

List five major differences between Christy's life in Asheville and her life in Cutter Gap. Then, explain whether or not, based on those differences, you feel that Christy should have stayed in Asheville, rather than ever coming to the Gap. What is the reasoning behind your decision?

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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