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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 Melanie announce after Ashley's visit?
2. After the Yankees left, what does Scarlett dream about every night?
3. What is the Confederacy doing as Melanie prepares to give birth?
4. What adjective best describes the birth of Melanie's baby?
5. What does Scarlett see in the sky that tells her the Yankees are getting close?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Scarlett's family send her to Atlanta?
2. How does Melanie and Scarlett's relationship begin to change in Chapters 26 and 27? What events bind them together?
3. Chapter 15 begins to show the changes in Ashley. How has the war changed him?
4. 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.
5. 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?
6. What is life like at Tara after the Yankees leave? What does Frank Kennedy confide to Scarlett about the war?
7. How does Scarlett become the head of Tara after her return with Melanie and the babies?
8. What does Scarlett find in Atlanta when she and Mammy return to find Rhett?
9. How is Melanie's labor symbolic of the battle raging outside of Atlanta?
10. Why does Gerald arrive in Atlanta to take Scarlett back home in Chapter 10? How is Scarlett able to remain in Atlanta?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Gone with the Wind was written during an earlier time period and the topic of race relations is woven through the novel. Do you think that the novel is racist? Why or why not? Use evidence from the novel to support your answer.
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
Discuss the significance of the novel's title. Why do you think Mitchell called the novel "Gone with the Wind?" What do you think Mitchell is trying to say about the novel with this title? What aspects or characters illustrate the theme of "Gone with the Wind?" What other titles do you think would fit the novel? Why?
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