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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 has the company done with Clabe's family cemetery?

2. What does Carrie notice during an outbreak of typhoid?

3. What do the men in the Annadel Political and Social Club begin to collect?

4. Of what activities is Isom fond?

5. What happens at the club one evening when they are debating the causes of World War I?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carrie learn to hunt, what does Miles' father want him to do after high school and what does he do?

2. What happens at a club meeting when the men are debating World War I?

3. Describe how Albion came to stay at Carrie's house?

4. What does Rondal do when he visits C.J. and how does that help his family?

5. What happens to C.J.'s grandfather, why is C.J. named what he is named? What happens to C.J.'s grandfather and then to C.J. and his grandmother?

6. What are the railroad companies doing to the farmers and how do the get it done?

7. What does Miles find out about Lloyd, why does he leave Miles' mine and what does Carrie ask him before he leaves?

8. What happens to Johnson and why does Rondal leave town?

9. What does Carrie do after nursing school and where does she live?

10. What does Rondal do after working in the mines for two years and what is the response to his efforts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles are thought to be very important in both giving the reader a clue about the story and enticing one to read a book. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think Storming Heaven is the chosen title for this novel?

2. Do you think this title would entice you to read this novel? Why or why not?

3. Do you think this rather nondescript title reflects the story it heralds? Explain your response using examples from the book.

4. If you had to title this novel in order to encourage more readers, what would you name it and why?

Essay Topic 2

There is a growing gap between the positions of the two camps involved in the growing conflict - the miners and the Company's representatives.

1. Why do you think the mine owners are unwilling to listen to the miners?

2. Do you think the miners are demanding too much from the mine owners? Why or why not?

3. If you were a negotiator between these two groups how would you attempt to forge an agreement?

Essay Topic 3

There are a number of themes in Storming Heaven. Discuss one of the following:

1. Choose two major themes and analyze them and discuss examples of where that theme appears in the text.

2. Compare and contrast two major themes in the novel to those themes found in other texts/movies with which you are familiar.

3. Other than class, which theme do you think is the major theme of the book? Discuss why and give example

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