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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. Why does Rhett seek to make amends with Old Atlanta?
2. What type of house does Scarlett say that she wants Rhett to build her?
3. What does Rhett learn about Ashley and Scarlett?
4. What happens to Scarlett when Rhett returns?
5. Who does Scarlett marry in order to save Tara?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Scarlett feel that she is different than other Southerners when she attends the Elsing wedding?
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. Why does Scarlett return to Tara in Chapter 39?
4. Why are the Yankees angry with Scarlett, Frank, and Aunt Pittypat in Chapter 37?
5. How does Ashley escape from the Yankees who are after him for his participation in the shantytown raid?
6. How is Scarlett's marriage to Rhett different than her previous two marriages?
7. What does Scarlett decide to buy in Chapter 36? How does she get the money for this? What are the conditions?
8. What does Scarlett decide to do in Chapter 51? What is Rhett's reaction to this?
9. What does Scarlett learn about Ashley and Frank in Chapter 45? What happens to Frank?
10. What does Scarlett realize as she goes home through the thick fog?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Scarlett and Melanie. How does Mitchell illustrate the Old and New South through these two women?
Essay Topic 3
Scarlett faced a great deal of criticism from other characters in the novel. Why did Scarlett receive such negative reactions from Atlanta society and those around her? Do you think these reactions were justified? Do you think Scarlett was a bad person?
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