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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. When does Mamah write in her diary that she wants to swim in the river?

2. What do Mamah and Frank do their first full day in Berlin?

3. How much money did Frank borrow from Walter Griffin?

4. In Chapter 15, what are Frank and Mamah dancing to when she worries at the thought of John wondering why she left?

5. What did Mamah remember happening right after her sister Jessie died that made her wonder if all the people knew they were going to die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Louise?

2. Why does Mattie ask Mamah and the children to visit?

3. In Chapter 3, what did Mamah do when she realized she and Frank had grown too close?

4. What opportunity does Ellen offer Mamah at the end of Chapter 24?

5. With whom did Mamah and Mattie stay when they handed out flyers in Colorado?

6. What is Ellen's home like?

7. What terrible news does Lizzie write to Mamah in Chapter 18?

8. Who was St. Hedwig?

9. Where does Mamah go and what does she do when Frank returns to America?

10. Why does Mamah want to stay in Italy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 28, Mamah stays in Europe and Frank returns to America. Why do Mamah and Frank separate?

Essay Topic 2

Frank is very critical of former students, especially Marion Mahoney and Walter Griffin? Why is Frank so critical of his former students?

Essay Topic 3

Mamah knows that the world must go on as she struggles with her grief over Mattie's death. Does it help or hinder Mattie's grieving process to know that the world goes on?

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