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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 think kept Tara going while she was gone?

2. What does Scarlett decide to do in order to save Tara?

3. Why are people gossiping about Scarlett in March?

4. To where do Ashley and Melanie move?

5. Who won't Rhett let into the house anymore?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Old Mrs. Fontaine give Scarlett in Chapter 40?

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

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

4. How have Scarlett's feelings toward Ashley changed? What do India, Archie, and Mrs. Elsing see?

5. Why does Scarlett feel that she is different than other Southerners when she attends the Elsing wedding?

6. What does Scarlett realize as Melanie is dying?

7. How does Rhett react to Bonnie's death?

8. What does Scarlett realize as she goes home through the thick fog?

9. What happens to Scarlett in Chapter 44? Who saves her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Scarlett and Melanie. How does Mitchell illustrate the Old and New South through these two women?

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