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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eugene meet there?

2. Where is Gant living at the end of the book?

3. Which of the following women is not one who goes on the trip with Eugene?

4. What wealthy family is in attendance?

5. Who informs his family he is already "gone"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Gant family traveled much more than most families traveled in the early 1900s. How do you think the amount of travel effected the lives of the different members of the family and how did it effect the family as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

Take each of the following factors and explain how you think they contributed either positively or negatively in Eugene's life?

- family ties

- education

- alcoholism

- relationships outside his family

- loss and death

Essay Topic 3

Recount the facts relating to the jobs the Gant boys were required to take on in the story. Explain how you think these jobs influenced their lives in both positive and negative ways. Overall, do you think these jobs had a more positive effect or negative effect on their lives?

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