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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. Before Christy leaves for her break with her family in Asheville, she visits who?
2. Miss Alice tells about how she was assaulted by whom?
3. Luck is with the women, for what happens?
4. Christy and David wait for how many days before Dr. MacNeill is able to find time to meet with them?
5. What horrible thing happens to Tom McHone?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain how Fairlight's religious beliefs seemed to differ from, yet compare to, other residents of the Gap.
2. Explain David's decree about women and guns and whether or not you agree with it.
3. 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.
4. Explain the funny incident that occurs at the school's closing ceremonies with Creed Allen.
5. What discovery does Christy make at Dr. MacNeill's cabin that causes her to have renewed respect for the doctor?
6. Summarize Miss Alice's history.
7. What reason does Dr. MacNeill give for helping the blockaders and do you agree with it?
8. Explain the calling from God that Christy feels in chapters 27 and 28.
9. Explain how Fairlight's death causes Christy to be disappointed in both herself and David.
10. What is Christy's dream for the mountain people and how does she begin to put it into practice, in Chapters 31 and 32?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the characters of Dr. MacNeill and David. In what ways are they alike? In what ways are they different? Also, explain, using examples from the story, which man seems like a better teacher or guide for Christy and why.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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