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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 Melanie break ties to over Scarlett?
2. What does Frank hope will calm Scarlett down?
3. Who won't Rhett let into the house anymore?
4. Who comes up to Scarlett in the shantytown?
5. During the funeral, Will sends Scarlett to the house with whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Wade and Ella experience that Rhett doesn't want to happen to Bonnie? What does he decide to do about it?
2. How have Scarlett's feelings toward Ashley changed? What do India, Archie, and Mrs. Elsing see?
3. What change does Scarlett see in Rhett after she miscarries? How does she feel about this?
4. Why does Scarlett feel that she is different than other Southerners when she attends the Elsing wedding?
5. What does Rhett buy the children? What happens to Bonnie in relationship to this gift?
6. What does Rhett plot with Melanie about in Chapter 57?
7. What does Ashley tell Scarlett in Chapter 41? How does Melanie help Scarlett get what she wants?
8. How does Rhett react to Scarlett's declaration of love?
9. Why do Scarlett and Rhett argue in Chapter 43?
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
Discuss the significance of the novel's title. Why do you think Mitchell called the novel "Gone with the Wind?" What do you think Mitchell is trying to say about the novel with this title? What aspects or characters illustrate the theme of "Gone with the Wind?" What other titles do you think would fit the novel? Why?
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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