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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 does Scarlett resent some of the returning soldiers?
(a) They are not Ashley or Rhett
(b) They are another mouth to feed
(c) They bring sickness to Tara
(d) They are dirty

2. Who tries to donate money to the hospital?
(a) Rhett Butler
(b) Margaret Merryweather
(c) Belle Watling
(d) Scarlett O'Hara

3. Rhett says that the Yankees won't rape Scarlett because of what reason?
(a) The Yankees won't make it into Atlanta
(b) Rhett will protect her
(c) They are not savages
(d) Scarlett is too much for them

4. What does Scarlett see in the sky that tells her the Yankees are getting close?
(a) Fire
(b) A balloon
(c) Bullets
(d) A bird

5. Who does Scarlett send to find Rhett as the Yankees are coming?
(a) Mammy
(b) Pork
(c) Prissy
(d) Aunt Pittypat

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the barbecue held in chapter 5?

2. What does Rhett tell Scarlett as he helps her escape Atlanta?

3. What size waist does Scarlett need for the green spring muslin dress?

4. What does Melanie want from Ashley?

5. Why is the South no longer able to purchase goods or sell cotton?

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

3. Why did Melanie speak to Belle Watling in Chapter 13? Why is she reprimanded for this?

4. Where do Scarlett and her family go in Chapter 5? What does Scarlett hope to do there?

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

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

7. What does Scarlett find in Atlanta when she and Mammy return to find Rhett?

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

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

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