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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 shun in Atlanta?

2. Who does Scarlett marry in order to save Tara?

3. What/Who does Bonnie become afraid of when she is around two?

4. Where do Scarlett and Rhett go?

5. Who attempts to visit Belle to thank her for giving Ashley an alibi?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Scarlett find Rhett in Chapter 34? What does he tell her?

2. What do Wade and Ella experience that Rhett doesn't want to happen to Bonnie? What does he decide to do about it?

3. What does Rhett buy the children? What happens to Bonnie in relationship to this gift?

4. What does Rhett ask Scarlett after Frank's death? What is her response?

5. What does Rhett plot with Melanie about in Chapter 57?

6. What change does Scarlett see in Rhett after she miscarries? How does she feel about this?

7. Why do Scarlett and Rhett argue in Chapter 43?

8. How does Ashley escape from the Yankees who are after him for his participation in the shantytown raid?

9. What decision does Scarlett make about labor at the mills? What problems does this cause?

10. What does Scarlett realize as Melanie is dying?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Compare and contrast Ashley Wilkes with Rhett Butler. How does each of these men represent the South?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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