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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 many people came to help when Taliesin started to burn?

2. What was Anna Wright's father's occupation?

3. What city in Wisconsin is near Frank's new home?

4. What is the date at the beginning of Chapter 46?

5. Where are Mattie's children being raised?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mamah know the performer at the cafe in Chapter 31?

2. What happened to John in Boulder after Mamah left?

3. Why does Mamah decide to keep the stray dog she and the children find at the Canadian camp?

4. Is Mamah afraid of living in Wisconsin?

5. What is John painting at the beginning of Chapter 52?

6. What do Frank and Mamah have to plant at Taliesin?

7. Why doesn't the Japanese cook that Frank hired come to Taliesin?

8. What does Mamah learn when she tracks down Huebsch?

9. Why does Mamah take the children to the dry-good store after Edwin leaves them at Taliesin?

10. How does Mamah decide to get her hair cut?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 32, Mamah decides to return to America. Why does Mamah decide to go back?

Essay Topic 3

Mamah and Frank watch the opera Mefistofele. Why does the opera affect Mamah so greatly? What emotions does it stir up?

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