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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 conclude from Ashley's letter?
2. What does Scarlett have to deal with during her first days back at the plantation?
3. Where does Scarlett go to volunteer with Aunt Pittypat?
4. What does Scarlett do when Melanie and Aunt Pittypat leave the house?
5. Who offers to buy Tara?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Scarlett decide she must do in order to save Tara in Chapter 32? How does she prepare for this?
2. Why did Melanie speak to Belle Watling in Chapter 13? Why is she reprimanded for this?
3. Why are Melanie and Scarlett shocked that Cathleen Calvert is marrying Mr. Hilton? Why doesn't Scarlett want Cathleen at Tara?
4. Where do Scarlett and her family go in Chapter 5? What does Scarlett hope to do there?
5. What happens when Scarlett talks to Ashley in Chapter 6? Who overhears their conversation?
6. Why is Scarlett jealous of the young women in Atlanta? Why do you think she feels this way?
7. Who does Scarlett love when she is younger? What news does she hear that puts her feelings in danger?
8. What does Scarlett find in Atlanta when she and Mammy return to find Rhett?
9. What does Scarlett ask of Rhett as the Yankees begin to invade Atlanta?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the South transformed by the Civil War, according to Mitchell? Do you think her portrayal of the Old and New South are accurate?
Essay Topic 2
Why did Scarlett lease convicts for the mill instead of hiring freed blacks? What opposing views did Scarlett hear? Do you think she was right or wrong in her decision?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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