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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. Scarlett recognizes the handkerchief that the donation comes in as whose?
(a) Gerald O'Hara
(b) Uncle Peter
(c) Rhett Butler
(d) Ashley Wilkes

2. Charles died how long after he and Scarlett married?
(a) Two months
(b) One year
(c) Three days
(d) Four years

3. What does Ellen want Scarlett to do?
(a) Return to Tara
(b) Convince Gerald to stay home
(c) Help the wounded at the hospital
(d) Stay with Melanie

4. What does Scarlett begin to do after her visit to the Fontaines?
(a) Pick cotton
(b) Pack to go back to Atlanta
(c) Realize the situation is hopeless
(d) Prepare for her wedding with Rhett

5. What does Ashley ask of Scarlett while he is home?
(a) To marry Rhett
(b) To look after Melanie if anything happens to him
(c) To leave him and Melanie alone
(d) To go back home to Tara

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Scarlett go to find food?

2. Why is it improper for Scarlett to attend parties and bazaars with Aunt Pittypat and Melanie?

3. What is Scarlett told as she helps Melanie have her baby?

4. What does Ashley fear?

5. What does Scarlett do for the first time in her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Scarlett talks to Ashley in Chapter 6? Who overhears their conversation?

2. Why does Gerald arrive in Atlanta to take Scarlett back home in Chapter 10? How is Scarlett able to remain in Atlanta?

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

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

5. Who does Scarlett love when she is younger? What news does she hear that puts her feelings in danger?

6. Chapter 15 begins to show the changes in Ashley. How has the war changed him?

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

8. What is the situation in Atlanta like as the Yankees draw closer in Chapter 18? How does Scarlett feel about the situation?

9. How is the war affecting Atlanta in 1864? What personal challenge does it give to Scarlett, Melanie, and those around them?

10. 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.

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