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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 is the title of chapter 6?

2. Daisy will be taking her first trip to Europe since what?

3. What is the title of chapter 8?

4. What is the newspaper editor's first name?

5. What was the peddler's first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what negative way is the image of stone used in chapter eight?

2. What is the relationship between Daisy and her daughter, Alice?

3. Based on everything you've read up to the end of chapter nine, do you feel that Daisy was a good wife and mother?

4. Describe how Daisy deals with people in chapter nine.

5. Why do you think Daisy changed her mind and took Beverly in?

6. What is the overall feeling that you get from everyone's opinion of the source of Daisy's depression?

7. What does Reverend Rick seem to symbolize?

8. How does stone play a role in chapter ten?

9. What changes about the way Daisy handles her own mental state in chapter seven?

10. How does Daisy react to losing her job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1: Choose and explain in detail at least three places in the story where stone was used to symbolize something positive.

Part 2: Choose and explain in detail at least three places in the story where stone was used to symbolize something negative.

Part 3: What do you think the author was trying to accomplish by using the over all symbolism of stone throughout the story?

Essay Topic 2

Choose any one of the following characters and explain, using several details from the story, what psychological problems they suffer from. Also, explain how they each deal with their problems and whether or not you agree with their methods, as well as your reason for agreeing or disagreeing with them.

Cuyler

Mercy

Barker

Harold

Essay Topic 3

Choose any one of the following characters from the story and explain their role in the book. When and how were they introduced? How did they evolve as the story progressed? Also, what, if anything, do you think they symbolize and why? Be sure to use several examples from the book to support your answers.

Beans

Fraidy

Pinky

Harold

Jay

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