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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. What is the name of Samuel's wife?

2. What is Adam's last name?

3. What does the narrator call Cathy?

4. What is Charles doing when he injures his head?

5. What is the name of the city Samuel and his wife move to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adam hire Lee to do?

2. How do Charles and Adam take the news of their large inheritance?

3. What does Cathy say to Adam shortly after she gives birth?

4. What causes Samuel to come talk to Adam after Cathy has been gone for more than a year?

5. How does Cathy get what she wants from her classmates, and how do they feel about this?

6. How do Adam and Charles meet Cathy?

7. What does Adam use to repair his new home in California?

8. How is George described when he is born?

9. What happens when Adam opens the door to Cathy's room after he has locked her in?

10. What does Cyrus say to Adam before he leaves for the Army?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Adam's business decisions had a huge impact on the plot and characters in this book. What were these business decisions, and how did their inclusion in the text affect the course of the plot? How did the different main characters respond to these decisions?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the ways Liza and Samuel showed their love to each other, and how did these displays alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Cathy displayed a very controlling nature in this book. How did her need for control affect the people around her, and why was this controlling nature so significant?

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