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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 does March buy at the farmer's market?

2. What event celebrates the day that Aaron Jenkins ran over Fox Hill?

3. Belinda attended a boarding school where?

4. Who insists Coop needs a pony although he is allergic?

5. Who did Alan marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. In general, what do the women in town think about Hollis?

2. The house Hollis owns is falling apart and he receives satisfaction from this. Why?

3. What relationship does March have with Richard, the man who will be her husband, when she is younger.

4. What types of items of Judith's has March located and what has she decided to do with them?

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

6. After the death of Henry Murray, what jobs does Hollis take and why?

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

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

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

10. What does March enjoy doing during the summer of her 14th year?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The reader meets Susanna Justice in Chapter 4. As adults, both Susie and March are friends, yet from March's viewpoint, Susie has always been cryptic. This calls attention to her response of, "she was something, all right" when March talks about how great Judith Dale was. What might Susie have meant by her statement?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the changes that you as a reader have felt about Hollis throughout the book.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 9, March is feeling restless and takes Sister for a walk. She notices an old truck on the side of the road, but notes that Hollis "would never come to her like this." Explain this facet of their relationship and why March feels such certainty. If she knows this, but thinks about Hollis constantly, what has kept her from going to him?

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