Gone with the Wind Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Gone with the Wind Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarlett vow to do?

2. Why does Scarlett look for Dr. Mead?

3. Charles died how long after he and Scarlett married?

4. What does Scarlett name her son?

5. Scarlett goes to visit Uncle Peter and Aunt Pittypat in which city?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the first three chapters of the novel portray Scarlett O'Hara? What adjective would you use to describe her? Provide evidence from the novel for your answer.

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

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

6. How is the war affecting Atlanta in 1864? What personal challenge does it give to Scarlett, Melanie, and those around them?

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

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. How does Melanie and Scarlett's relationship begin to change in Chapters 26 and 27? What events bind them together?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Scarlett loved Ashley? Do you think that it was real love or Scarlett's imagination? How did her love for Ashley differ from her love for Rhett?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of Tara to Scarlett. How did her feelings about Tara change through the novel? What do you think Tara represents to Scarlett?

Essay Topic 3

What do you think happens to Scarlett after the end of the novel? Use the novel and Scarlett's past behavior to predict what would be likely to happen to her after the novel's end.

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