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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Scarlett go to volunteer with Aunt Pittypat?
(a) The hosptial
(b) A shelter
(c) The officers' camp
(d) The children's home

2. Who is distraught over the death of her son?
(a) Aunt Pittypat
(b) Mrs. Mead
(c) Mrs. Wavers
(d) Melanie

3. What does Gerald tell Scarlett when they arrive at Tara?
(a) Tara is in the hands of the Yankees
(b) Rhett has been killed in battle
(c) All the slaves have left the plantation
(d) Her mother died the day before

4. Why did Gerald flee to the United States from Ireland?
(a) The Potato Famine
(b) He killed a man
(c) To marry Ellen
(d) Religious persecution

5. What does Scarlett try to do while Ashley is home?
(a) Get pregnant
(b) Work more at the hospital
(c) Get Ashley alone
(d) Kill Melanie

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Scarlett and Melanie horrified when Cathleen Calvert tells them that she's going to marry?

2. Gerald tells Scarlett that what is the only thing that matters?

3. Scarlett recognizes the handkerchief that the donation comes in as whose?

4. What does Scarlett decide she must do to save Tara?

5. What does Ashley fear?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Melanie and Scarlett's relationship begin to change in Chapters 26 and 27? What events bind them together?

2. Who comes to stay at Tara while the family waits for Ashley to return after the war? How does he help out the family?

3. How do the first three chapters of the novel portray Scarlett O'Hara? What adjective would you use to describe her? Provide evidence from the novel for your answer.

4. How is Melanie's labor symbolic of the battle raging outside of Atlanta?

5. Why do you think Scarlett flees from the hospital in Chapter 17?

6. What does Scarlett find when she arrives at Tara after the birth of Melanie's baby?

7. Why is Scarlett jealous of the young women in Atlanta? Why do you think she feels this way?

8. What happens when the soldier rides up to Tara in Chapter 26? What benefits does Scarlett gain from the event?

9. What does Scarlett decide she must do in order to save Tara in Chapter 32? How does she prepare for this?

10. Why does Dr. Mead refuse to come to help with Melanie's baby?

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