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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 is the rainy month this year?

2. What must Mary do while Dick is sick?

3. What does Mary understand?

4. What does Charlie tell Dick he must do for six months?

5. What is Mary's last moment of happiness?

Short Essay Questions

1. How, and why, does Moses seek revenge on Mary? What other motives might he have for killing Mary?

2. How is Dick handling Mary's return?

3. How does Mary's condition change?

4. Describe Mary's mood and state of mind as she awakes.

5. What dream does Mary have about her father? What do you think its significance is? What else does Mary dream about?

6. How does Mary feel about managing the farm? How does she feel about the way Dick has been managing the farm?

7. What does Moses do to help Mary? How does Mary feel about being helped by a native?

8. Describe the state of Dick and Mary's marriage before Dick gets sick.

9. How does Mary feel about the idea of having children?

10. How are the Turners regarded in the community?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay intended to educate readers on the dangers that malaria poses to people all over the world, both throughout history and in the present day. Be sure to include properly cited research.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the history of the tobacco plant and its complicated relationship both with humanity and the characters in the novel.

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