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

2. Who stays at Tara with Scarlett and Melanie?
(a) Rhett Butler
(b) Will Benteen
(c) Aunt Pittypat
(d) Ellen O'Hara

3. Where does Scarlett stay in Atlanta?
(a) Aunt Pittypat's
(b) The hospital
(c) Rhett's
(d) A hotel

4. Who is Scarlett in love with in Chapter 1?
(a) Ashley Wilkes
(b) Able Wynder
(c) Bruce Hamilton
(d) Stuart Tarleton

5. What does Scarlett do for the first time in her life?
(a) Strikes a slave
(b) Kisses a married man
(c) Steals money from someone
(d) Dances with a Union solider

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Tara in danger in 1866?

3. Where does Scarlett hide the dead Yankee's wallet?

4. About what are the Yankees in Atlanta upset?

5. Why is Belle Watling scandalous?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rhett feel about the war? Why does he run the blockade?

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

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

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

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

6. How do the impending Yankee invasion and having to care for Melanie mature Scarlett? In what ways is she beginning to change from the girl that she was?

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

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

9. How does the war affect Atlanta in the summer of 1863?

10. Why do you think Rhett joins the Confederate army even though he doesn't believe in the Cause?

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