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

2. What do Carl and Alexandra do during the evenings while he is visiting?

3. What is the name of Amedee's wife?

4. What does Lou say Alexandra has never done?

5. Where does Ivar think he gets his spells from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused John's father's disgrace?

2. What is Frank upset about when he comes home while Carl and Alexandra are visiting?

3. What does Alexandra do while looking at the riverside property?

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

5. What does Alexandria tell Carl when she meets him in town at the beginning of the book, and how does he respond?

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

7. How did Frank and Marie meet?

8. What does Carl say to Alexandra about Marie during their visit?

9. What does Emil think of Ivar's cave?

10. What does Alexandra decide to do after looking at the riverside property?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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