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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. Scarlett has Mammy make a dress for her out of what?
(a) Cotton
(b) Old tablecloths
(c) A dress of Ellen's
(d) Velvet curtains

2. What does Ashley fear?
(a) Melanie will meet someone else
(b) He'll fall in love with Scarlett
(c) He'll be injured and have a leg amputated.
(d) The South will lose the war

3. Who does Scarlett receive a letter from that criticizes her for shaming the family?
(a) Her father
(b) Her mother
(c) Ashley Wilkes
(d) Rhett Butler

4. How much does Rhett pay to dance with Scarlett?
(a) Fifty dollars
(b) One hundred and fifty dollars
(c) One dollar
(d) One hundred dollars

5. What can the citizens of Atlanta hear when the Union troops are twenty miles away?
(a) Union drums
(b) Confederate horses
(c) Sounds of battle
(d) Warning signals

Short Answer Questions

1. Who proposes to Scarlett in chapter 6?

2. What does Scarlett vow to do?

3. Gerald tells Scarlett that she should marry to be what?

4. What does Rhett refer to Melanie as?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Melanie's labor symbolic of the battle raging outside of Atlanta?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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