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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 are Scarlett and Melanie sad after the war ends?
(a) They have to sell Tara
(b) There's been no word from Ashley
(c) They can't help the wounded
(d) Rhett hasn't come back

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

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

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

5. What does Melanie announce after Ashley's visit?
(a) She is leaving him for Rhett
(b) She's going to live in New Orleans
(c) She's pregnant
(d) She knows Scarlett kissed Ashley

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rhett ask of Scarlett when he comes to visit?

2. Who is distraught over the death of her son?

3. What can the citizens of Atlanta hear when the Union troops are twenty miles away?

4. Who overhears Scarlett and Ashley's conversation?

5. Rhett says that the Yankees won't rape Scarlett because of what reason?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Scarlett sneak to do in Chapter 11? What does she discover?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Scarlett become the head of Tara after her return with Melanie and the babies?

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