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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 was Earl a a Dominion Day when Vera went after a grown-man who bothered her brother?

2. In Chapter 9, how many years has Alec tried to get his tenant, Marker to seed a pasture to flax?

3. How old was Alec's cousin Rose when a man named Billy Atkins liked to tease her?

4. What month does Vera come back to Connaught with Daniel?

5. How old was the housepainter Vera dated for a time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Alec's first job, and how did he get it?

2. What is the only change Alec has made to his house since Vera left, and why is it pink?

3. What did Vera do when she and some of her army companions went to visit New York City?

4. Who are Vera and Daniel's fellow passengers on the bus in Chapter 2?

5. What happened when Alec lost Earl during a Dominion Day celebration?

6. What does Daniel like to do every night after supper in Chapter 7?

7. What does the young man on the bus offer Vera, and how does Daniel interrupt?

8. What does Alec say about Yankee fans?

9. What arrangements are made for Vera and her son?

10. How does Vera meet Stanley?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon his interpretation of life. How does the author use artistic license to make the novel seem like it really happened?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Vera struggles after her mother’s death and after leaving the army. Why does Vera struggle after her mother’s death and after leaving the army? How do those incidents cause her to struggle and affect her self-esteem?

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