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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. How old is Tarot?

2. What place has a decor of Naugahyde, wood paneling, and deer heads on the wall?

3. Who lives in the ramshackle house at the edge of the Marshes?

4. When is March aware that Richard was courting her?

5. Who does Alan save from drowning in the marsh?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Harriet want to gossip about with Louise, and how does Louise respond?

2. What decision does Alan make about Hollis after Henry Murray's death?

3. In Chapter 7, Gwen questions why she would want to go back to California. Why does she do this?

4. Explain what the kids at school think of Hank and how they're mistaken.

5. Why does Gwen decide to play the good girl in Chapter 10? How does she go about it?

6. When March was growing up, who was everyone's favorite lawyer and why?

7. Where is March's brother, Alan, living upon her return to Jenkinstown?

8. Describe the scene of the October farmer's market from Chapter 11.

9. Describe Judith's garden as March finds it in Chapter 1.

10. In Chapter 5, how does March find out about Hollis's return to Jenkintown and what does she do about it.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Hollis and Hank's relationship and whether it's a beneficial relationship for both.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism of the lemon tree in California, both when March talks to Hollis while near it and when Richard talks to March while near it.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 5, Ken Helms tells March and Gwen, "Make a tree sound and its fruit will be sound. Make a tree rotten and its fruit will be rotten." Discuss what this means and how it applies to the book.

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