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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 man does Carol fantasize about in Chapter 10?

2. How does Dr. Kennicott describe the party hosts at the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. What could have blown up Dr. Kennicott and Carol during the amputation?

4. How many children does Mrs. Bogart have?

5. Who humiliates his wife in front of others about money?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Vida interested in Raymie?

2. What influence does Carol feel a doctor should exercise in his community?

3. What upsets Carol the first time she walks about the Main Street?

4. What role does Carol play at the beginning of Chapter 15 and why?

5. Why does Carol choose not to plan for a new home?

6. When does Vida Sherwin's relationship with Carol become surprising?

7. When Carol moves to town, how do the other women feel about her and why?

8. When Carol suggests studying something other than the Bible in the Thanatopsis meeting, the novel refers to it as Mrs. Dr. Kennicott "showing off." Why?

9. When Miles leaves town, what does he do and how does the town react?

10. On the train ride Carol takes in Chapter 3, how are the passengers described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Carol and Erik.

Part 1) How does the relationship begin?

Part 2) When does the relationship become serious?

Part 3) How does the relationship in?

Essay Topic 2

In order to avoid facing the dull reality of her life, Carol often relies on fantasy. Discuss the various fantasies Carol puts to use to make her life in Gopher Prairie bearable.

Essay Topic 3

Although Carol feels she is doing what she can to befriend the people of Gopher Prairie, some of her actions seem like insults to the locals.

Part1) Identify these actions.

Part 2) Discuss how they appear to those in Gopher Prairie.

Part 3) Analyze Carol's intentions.

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