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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 Rhett tell Scarlett as he helps her escape Atlanta?
2. Big Sam is helping to do what when Scarlett sees him?
3. What does Scarlett conclude from Ashley's letter?
4. Where does Scarlett go to find food?
5. Who does Scarlett kill?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think Scarlett flees from the hospital in Chapter 17?
2. What does Scarlett find when she arrives at Tara after the birth of Melanie's baby?
3. Who does Scarlett love when she is younger? What news does she hear that puts her feelings in danger?
4. How does Rhett feel about the war? Why does he run the blockade?
5. Chapter 15 begins to show the changes in Ashley. How has the war changed him?
6. How does the war affect Atlanta in the summer of 1863?
7. How does Melanie and Scarlett's relationship begin to change in Chapters 26 and 27? What events bind them together?
8. Why did Melanie speak to Belle Watling in Chapter 13? Why is she reprimanded for this?
9. What does Scarlett decide she must do in order to save Tara in Chapter 32? How does she prepare for this?
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
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
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.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Mitchell's portrayal of the American Civil War. Do you think that her presentation is accurate? Do you think she glorifies the war or shows war's negative consequences?
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