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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 try to do while Ashley is home?

2. Why is the South no longer able to purchase goods or sell cotton?

3. Gerald tells Scarlett that what is the only thing that matters?

4. What does Scarlett do for the first time in her life?

5. Who is distraught over the death of her son?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Chapter 15 begins to show the changes in Ashley. How has the war changed him?

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

4. How does the war affect Atlanta in the summer of 1863?

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

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

7. What happens when the soldier rides up to Tara in Chapter 26? What benefits does Scarlett gain from the event?

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

9. Who does Scarlett love when she is younger? What news does she hear that puts her feelings in danger?

10. Why are Melanie and Scarlett shocked that Cathleen Calvert is marrying Mr. Hilton? Why doesn't Scarlett want Cathleen at Tara?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of land in the novel. What does land represent? How do the characters, particularly Scarlett, relate to the land?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Scarlett's marriage to Rhett with her marriages to Charles and Frank. Why did she marry each man? For whom do you think Scarlett was most suited?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Rhett and Scarlett's marriage. What mistakes did each of them make in their relationship with each other?

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