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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 Will Benteen want to marry?

2. What does Rhett notice that gives Scarlett's lies away?

3. What does Melanie ask Scarlett to do?

4. Why is Scarlett disappointed that Rhett won't give her more money?

5. What does Scarlett tell the Yankees at the jail?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Rhett react to Scarlett's declaration of love?

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

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

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

6. What does Ashley tell Scarlett in Chapter 41? How does Melanie help Scarlett get what she wants?

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

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

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

10. What does Rhett do when Scarlett tells him she is pregnant? What happens to Scarlett that fulfills Rhett's words?

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

Essay Topic 3

Why did Scarlett lease convicts for the mill instead of hiring freed blacks? What opposing views did Scarlett hear? Do you think she was right or wrong in her decision?

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