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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 is Scarlett told as she helps Melanie have her baby?
(a) Melanie is dying
(b) Tara has been burned
(c) The baby is dead
(d) The Yankees are coming

2. Where is the barbecue held in chapter 5?
(a) Tara
(b) Savannah
(c) Twelve Oaks
(d) Twin Creeks

3. What does Scarlett decide she must do to save Tara?
(a) Get a job in Atlanta
(b) Become Rhett's mistress
(c) Beg Aunt Pittypat for money
(d) Marry a Yankee

4. After the Yankees left, what does Scarlett dream about every night?
(a) Ashley
(b) The fire
(c) Rhett dying
(d) A thick fog

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is all that is left for Scarlett as she handles the plantation?

2. When does Rhett say he will kiss Scarlett?

3. Who becomes Scarlett's personal slave?

4. Why does Scarlett send for Mrs. Meade?

5. Who proposes to Scarlett in chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

7. What does Scarlett decide she must do in order to save Tara in Chapter 32? How does she prepare for this?

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

9. Why does Dr. Mead refuse to come to help with Melanie's baby?

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

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