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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 words did Horace use in regards to Alvin that rankled?

2. What does Cavil consider righteousness?

3. Who slammed the door to the springhouse?

4. What is the first word the two people ask Arthur Stuart to spell?

5. What errand did Makepeace have Alvin doing in the snow?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Alvin figure Mock Berry didn't thank him for getting him a fair price?

2. What incident caused Peggy to reveal herself as being who she really was?

3. Why was Old Peg fearful of the Fugitive Slave Treaty?

4. Why was Old Peg Guester so upset that Arthur Stuart couldn't be taught at the schoolhouse?

5. Why did Pauley Wiseman work so quickly to get Arthur out of town?

6. Why didn't Alvin have any particular like for the two boys in Pieter's General Store?

7. What did Peggy refuse to name?

8. How did Alvin feel about women after witnessing the relationships of the Smiths and Guesters?

9. What did Alvin and Measure teach each other?

10. Why is it that Miss Larner can't teach Alvin to be a Maker directly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the idea of respect in this novel. Of what importance is respect among the White people in this novel? Of what importance is respect in today's era? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Peggy's feelings for Alvin. Are they realistic? Why or why not? Explain how her future changes as Alvin finally loves her, not a boyish kind of love, but that of a man, and how it would have been had Peggy stayed in Hatrack.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Alvin's behavior at Hatrack Mouth as gallant heroism, or unabashed brutality. Document your opinion either utilizing Alvin's opinion of himself while he was playing up to the river rats, or Miss Larner's behavior after he had defended her honor.

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