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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. What product causes the most loss at the store?

2. What is the extraordinary thing about the murder?

3. How far away is the station from the farm?

4. Who is Mary's first prospective husband?

5. What type of work did Mary enjoy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dick feel now that Mary is at the farm?

2. Describe the Turners' reputation in the community.

3. What does Dick usually do when he fights with Mary?

4. Describe Mary's social life.

5. How does Mary react to the first new servant?

6. What new types of farming excite Dick?

7. How does Charlie feel about his assistant, Marston?

8. How does Mary's perspective on her new life change?

9. How does Marston feel about the murder? How does he feel about the way Slatter and the Sergeant talk to him?

10. Describe the the Slatters' visit to the Turner farm.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that serves as a plea for racial tolerance. Be sure to draw upon other major essays and papers on racial tolerance, bringing together a collection of ideas along with your own points into a coherent and compelling paper.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that describes the parenting done by characters in the novel and how it influences them and other characters. Examples include Mary's bad parents damaging her ability to relate to others, or Charlie Slatter's jealousy towards the privileges of his children.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining why you think Moses sought revenge upon Mary. Be sure to draw upon evidence from the text and add your own ideas.

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