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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 makes Rhett popular in Atlanta?
2. Who is distraught over the death of her son?
3. Why doesn't Gerald go to battle?
4. What is Scarlett told as she helps Melanie have her baby?
5. Why is Belle Watling scandalous?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Melanie and Scarlett's relationship begin to change in Chapters 26 and 27? What events bind them together?
2. What is life like at Tara after the Yankees leave? What does Frank Kennedy confide to Scarlett about the war?
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. What does Scarlett ask of Rhett as the Yankees begin to invade Atlanta?
6. What does Scarlett find in Atlanta when she and Mammy return to find Rhett?
7. How is the war affecting Atlanta in 1864? What personal challenge does it give to Scarlett, Melanie, and those around them?
8. 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.
9. Why does Dr. Mead refuse to come to help with Melanie's baby?
10. Who does Scarlett love when she is younger? What news does she hear that puts her feelings in danger?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does Scarlett mean at the end of the book when she says that tomorrow is another day? What does this quote illustrate about Scarlett's life philosophy? What behaviors does Scarlett exhibit during the novel that illustrate this philosophy?
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
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?
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