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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 as the war ends?
2. Who does Scarlett send to find Rhett as the Yankees are coming?
3. What does Gerald tell Scarlett when they arrive at Tara?
4. What does Melanie announce after Ashley's visit?
5. How did Gerald get his first slave, Pork?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. What does Scarlett find when she arrives at Tara after the birth of Melanie's baby?
3. 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?
4. Why is Scarlett jealous of the young women in Atlanta? Why do you think she feels this way?
5. Who does Scarlett love when she is younger? What news does she hear that puts her feelings in danger?
6. What happens when the soldier rides up to Tara in Chapter 26? What benefits does Scarlett gain from the event?
7. Why does Scarlett's family send her to Atlanta?
8. How does Melanie and Scarlett's relationship begin to change in Chapters 26 and 27? What events bind them together?
9. Why are Melanie and Scarlett shocked that Cathleen Calvert is marrying Mr. Hilton? Why doesn't Scarlett want Cathleen at Tara?
10. What does Scarlett ask of Rhett as the Yankees begin to invade 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
How does Scarlett represent the South in the novel? How do the narratives of Scarlett and the South parallel each other through the novel? What message could the reader take from this similarity?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast Scarlett's marriage to Rhett with her marriages to Charles and Frank. Why did she marry each man? For whom do you think Scarlett was most suited?
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