View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Flett's son do for a living?

2. Barker is preoccupied about a possible reunion with whom?

3. What does Daisy call Barker?

4. What happens to Daisy and Barker at the end of the chapter?

5. Daisy learns to use her imagination and imagine what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Cuyler Goodwill.

2. Why do you think that Daisy and her family are restless, in chapter five?

3. Describe the opening of chapter three.

4. Should Cuyler have married his second wife, Maria?

5. Why might Daisy have not described the first eleven years of her life?

6. Is Mercy a good wife?

7. Describe Daisy's change of residence when she turns eleven.

8. What is the focus of chapter five, as far as Daisy is concerned?

9. Describe the difference in attitude about the state of Daisy's life between Daisy and her friend, Fraidy.

10. Describe Cuyler's attitude toward stone and sculptures.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Love is important, both in the book and in real life.

Part 1. Do you think that either of Daisy's husbands loved her? Why or why not?

Part 2. Do you think that Daisy's father loved her? Why or why not?

Part 3. Do you think that Daisy herself had the capacity to love anyone? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Harold Hoad makes a very brief appearance in the story and, in fact, Daisy doesn't even tell her children that she had a first husband.

Part 1. Why do you think that Harold was in the story?

Part 2. What do you think the story would have been like if Harold didn't exist?

Part 3. Do you think Daisy should have told her children about Harold? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe, in detail, what you think would have happened if Daisy's first husband had lived. For instance, do you think Daisy would have stayed married to her first husband if he had lived or left him? Also, if Daisy did stay with her first husband, what do you think would have happened to Barker Flett? Be sure to give several examples from the story to back up your opinions.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 801 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample