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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. Where are Scarlett, Melanie, and Aunt Pittypat as the Confederate troops advance into Pennsylvania?
2. What does Rhett refer to Melanie as?
3. What does Ellen want Scarlett to do?
4. What is Scarlett told as she helps Melanie have her baby?
5. Why is Jonas Wilkerson dismissed from Tara?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Scarlett ask of Rhett as the Yankees begin to invade Atlanta?
2. 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.
3. What does Scarlett find when she arrives at Tara after the birth of Melanie's baby?
4. How does Rhett feel about the war? Why does he run the blockade?
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. Who comes to stay at Tara while the family waits for Ashley to return after the war? How does he help out the family?
7. Why do you think Scarlett flees from the hospital in Chapter 17?
8. How does Melanie and Scarlett's relationship begin to change in Chapters 26 and 27? What events bind them together?
9. Chapter 15 begins to show the changes in Ashley. How has the war changed him?
10. Why did Melanie speak to Belle Watling in Chapter 13? Why is she reprimanded for this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Is Scarlett a feminist? Which women serve as examples of traditional womanhood in the novel? Use examples from the book to support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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