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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 was the delivery book another slight?

2. How many points did Alvin's hexes have?

3. When had Arthur last seen the boat?

4. Who showed up with the Finders?

5. Which Finder did Old Peg kill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Pauley say that was so offensive?

2. Why did Old Peg shoot the Finder dead?

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

4. Why was Alvin so offended at the idea that Miss Larner had paid him to look after her?

5. What might Peggy have said if she had gotten a chance, before her mama died?

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

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

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

9. How does Old Peg feel initially about the teacher?

10. Why didn't Alvin think that people were the product of God's imagination?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Peggy's relationship with her parents. How are the feelings of the parents revealed upon the new addition to the family? How do both parents react to her return as Miss Larner?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Measure's relationship with Delphi to any other relationship in the book. Explain what specifically makes them different. How does Measure make Delphi feel? How is this evident in the authors description? What about Makepeace and Gertie? Horace and Old Peg?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Old Peg's feelings of Miss Larner before and after she had spoken with her. What comments swayed the opinion of Peggy's mother towards actually liking Miss Larner or at least caused her to hold the woman in a better light?

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