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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 does Carl say Alexandra will always be surrounded by?

2. What does Alexandra say she puts all of her personality into?

3. What caused Amedee's pain?

4. How many teeth does Annie Lee's mother have?

5. Where does Frank ride after finding Marie and Emil together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the lights go out at the festival?

2. What happened to cause Alexandra to harden her heart against Carl?

3. What does Alexandra say makes her mourning harder, and what does she do to ease this?

4. What does Alexandra do when she first gets to Lincoln to visit Frank in prison?

5. What did Frank do when he came home from drinking after Amedee's death?

6. How does Frank feel during the festival?

7. What happened when Emil and Marie were shot?

8. What does Alexandra want for Emil when he leaves after the festival, and why does she see this as impossible at the moment?

9. How did Ivar find out about the murders?

10. What does Frank think about as he leaves his farm after finding Marie and Emil together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord? What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Willa Cather have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

Alexandra presented a very interesting and unique philosophy on life. What was this philosophy, and how did this different idealism affect the people around her?

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