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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 new visitor's attitude towards Hattie?

2. How old is Hattie when she becomes an orphan?

3. What does Hattie spend hours studying over?

4. What are the Mueller children sent out to gather?

5. What is Hattie's problem at the water pump?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Leafie stop some men from running the Mueller's cow to death?

2. What happens when Perilee and the children go with Hattie to church?

3. What is the first homesteading lesson Hattie learns the next morning as she goes to draw water for her coffee?

4. What happens when Hattie is sixteen that jeopardizes her finishing school?

5. With what does Perilee leave Hattie as they drop her off at her new home, and what does Hattie give her in return?

6. What does Hattie write to Uncle Holt and Charlie and who mails them for her?

7. Explain the situation that changes the friendly reception at the church for Hattie.

8. How does Hattie find a small source of income for herself?

9. What neighbor does Hattie meet in the local grocery store and what does he tell her?

10. How does Hattie defuse Traft's aggression towards Mr. Saboe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Hattie Big Sky".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of the story. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of the novel. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "Hattie Big Sky". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in "Hattie Big Sky". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in "Hattie Big Sky". Consider not only the physical deaths but the death of innocence or the death of ignorance.

Essay Topic 3

Understanding the setting, both the place and time, helps the reader to enjoy a novel. Discuss the following:

1. Research Montana of the early 20th century, and then write an informative essay about the social and geographical aspects.

2. Research the treatment of German nationals and immigrants in the United States during WWI, and then write an informative essay about what you learn. Compare the information to what you read in "Hattie Big Sky".

3. Compare/contrast the life of someone in the early 20th century with that of a young person today.

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