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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 is the name of Amedee's wife?

2. Why does Alexandra want to keep her land when everyone else is leaving?

3. What is Oscar's wife so ashamed of?

4. What does Alexandra tell Carl she hates about her life?

5. Where did Marie's father send her to stop her from seeing Frank?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author compare Emil and Amedee to while Emil is visiting Amedee and his new wife?

2. Why does Alexandra not mind housing Ivar?

3. Why do Lou and Oscar take credit for the success of the farm?

4. How do Carl and Alexandra spend their days while Carl is visiting?

5. What does Marie tell Emil to do in order to get what he desires from life, and what does he reply to this suggestion?

6. What does Amedee tell Emil he should do to be happy?

7. How did Frank and Marie meet?

8. What does Alexandra say about her family when her farm hands criticize them for disagreeing with her?

9. What does Carl do to cheer Alexandria up when she returns home at the beginning of the book?

10. How does Carl tell Alexandra he feels about his life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lou and Oscar are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite some support and, write a compare/contrast essay about these two characters.

Essay Topic 2

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the characters involved?

Essay Topic 3

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

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