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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 does Laura describe doing her duties after being in bed for weeks?

2. How did Laura feel after being in bed for weeks?

3. Where did Jamie get sent to jail?

4. Why does Mrs. Atwood want to kill someone?

5. How did Jamie try to cope after the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprise did Laura learn while visiting Memphis?

2. What was Ronsel's main task during the war in Europe?

3. Why is Ronsel so excited to return Henry's mule?

4. Who did Mrs. Atwood want to kill, and why?

5. What does Florence sense in Ronsel when he comes home from the war?

6. What is the biggest difference Ronsel found between Europe and America?

7. What causes Jamie to make a fool of himself in town?

8. What does Henry do when he first meets Ronsel?

9. How did Laura feel when she first met Ronsel?

10. Why does Jamie get arrested?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ronsel endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does he learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Atwood was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence- however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

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