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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. Who does Scarlett receive a letter from that criticizes her for shaming the family?

2. What is the name of Scarlett O'Hara's plantation?

3. What does Rhett tell Scarlett as he helps her escape Atlanta?

4. What does Rhett ask of Scarlett when he comes to visit?

5. Rhett says that the Yankees won't rape Scarlett because of what reason?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rhett feel about the war? Why does he run the blockade?

2. Why does Scarlett's family send her to Atlanta?

3. Why does Dr. Mead refuse to come to help with Melanie's baby?

4. What does Scarlett find in Atlanta when she and Mammy return to find Rhett?

5. Why did Melanie speak to Belle Watling in Chapter 13? Why is she reprimanded for this?

6. What is life like at Tara after the Yankees leave? What does Frank Kennedy confide to Scarlett about the war?

7. Why do you think Scarlett flees from the hospital in Chapter 17?

8. Why is Scarlett jealous of the young women in Atlanta? Why do you think she feels this way?

9. 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?

10. How does Melanie and Scarlett's relationship begin to change in Chapters 26 and 27? What events bind them together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the novel's title. Why do you think Mitchell called the novel "Gone with the Wind?" What do you think Mitchell is trying to say about the novel with this title? What aspects or characters illustrate the theme of "Gone with the Wind?" What other titles do you think would fit the novel? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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