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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. What illness does Scarlett get?
(a) Influenza
(b) An ear infection
(c) An infected toe
(d) Malaria

2. What does Rhett tell Scarlett as he helps her escape Atlanta?
(a) Tara has been burned to the ground
(b) Ashley has been killed in the fighting
(c) He is coming with them to Tara
(d) He's joining the Confederate army

3. What does Frank ask of Scarlett?
(a) To marry him
(b) Tara's cotton
(c) If Wade is Rhett's son
(d) Suellen's hand in marriage

4. Scarlett goes to visit Uncle Peter and Aunt Pittypat in which city?
(a) Savannah
(b) Richmond
(c) New Orleans
(d) Atlanta

5. Why does Scarlett look for Dr. Mead?
(a) She's afraid of being present during Melanie's labor
(b) She thinks the birth of Melanie's baby will be a difficult one
(c) She wants to help at the hospital again
(d) She fears that Ashley has been injured

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes Scarlett's personal slave?

2. What does Melanie announce after Ashley's visit?

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

4. Why is Belle Watling scandalous?

5. What does Ashley place in Scarlett's hand?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scarlett ask of Rhett as the Yankees begin to invade Atlanta?

2. Why are Melanie and Scarlett shocked that Cathleen Calvert is marrying Mr. Hilton? Why doesn't Scarlett want Cathleen at Tara?

3. What is life like at Tara after the Yankees leave? What does Frank Kennedy confide to Scarlett about the war?

4. 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.

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

6. Why does Scarlett's family send her to Atlanta?

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

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

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

10. What does Ashley place in Scarlett's hand in Chapter 31? What does Scarlett realize about when he does this?

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