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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 decision did Peggy come to in Goodwife?

2. What was the first word Arthur spelled out?

3. What doesn't Old Peg want Alvin to pick up from town?

4. What did Makepeace attempt to give back to Hank?

5. Why did Miss Larner wish to bring poetry to Hatrack River?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Miss Larner feel about Dr. Physicker's payment to Alvin?

2. What excuses were offered to Old Peg to try and talk sense into her?

3. What issues did Pauley have in regard to Miss Larner living alone? How did she respond to that?

4. How did Alvin realize that Miss Larner was right?

5. What kinds of things did Alvin do around the springhouse?

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

7. What did Alvin begin to notice, working at the smithy?

8. Why did Old Peg shoot the Finder dead?

9. Why didn't Alvin want to take away Mike Fink's protective hex? Why did he have to?

10. Why was everyone talking so friendly with the Finders? How did Alvin feel about them, and their flattery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the slave girl had an impact on Little Peggy. What did the slave girl bring to light in little Peggy, and how did this impact Peggy's life in a positive manner? What might have occurred had the slave girl never appeared?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the portrayal of slavery in this book. How has slavery become a tender topic of American history? What are some of the main human rights violations that occur while a slave is indentured to his or her master?

Essay Topic 3

How does this novel paint a dark picture of slavery and therefore of American history? Is it important to keep in mind the past? Why or why not? What is important about remembering the era of slavery in America?

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