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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. Which of the following characters is now a prisoner of war?

2. At the beginning of chapter five, why does Gertie awaken early?

3. Why did Reuben cut the crooked cedar?

4. What happened to the shaving strop?

5. Why does Gertie's mother say Gertie betrayed Clovis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is evident that both Clovis and Gertie share?

2. How much change does the officer give to Gertie for the ride into town?

3. Gertie gets physically sick on the train. What happens after she is ill?

4. At the beginning of chapter ten, Gertie awakens from a dream about what?

5. Who else, besides Amos, has the doctor treated that Gertie knows?

6. What does Reuben hope to see in Gertie as she talks to her mother about her dreams?

7. What is a problem with Gertie that is clearly defined in this chapter?

8. How does the author let the reader know that the car is something the townspeople fear?

9. Describe Gertie's neighbor Sophronie Meanwell.

10. What happens right before Clovis leaves for his physical?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an in-depth character analysis of Gertie. Be sure to use specific examples from the text to support your essay.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on how the book might have been different had Henley not left Gertie the money. Use events from the story but indicate how they would be different.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the relationship between Gertie and her husband. Be sure to describe how the relationship changes throughout the novel in specific details.

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