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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. How does Rondal do in his school work?

2. What did Dr. Booker ask C.J. to do during a cholera epidemic?

3. To what does the word snake refer when Clabe uses it when pointing at his paycheck?

4. How many children does C.J. have of his own?

5. Where does Rondal go with C.J. when he visits?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Dillon feel about what the coal companies are doing and what does he do in response to their actions?

3. How do the club members get out of jail?

4. What does Carrie say she first remembers about Ben Honaker and her sister?

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 does C.J. find out about Rondal in a letter from him and how does he feel about the information?

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

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

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

10. What do Carrie and Lloyd do after having dinner at Miles' house, what does Lloyd tell Carrie the next day and what is her response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast Rowley Flint with Edgar Swift. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they sympathetic characters? Who would you most likely have as a friend? Why? Is each one believable? Why or why not.

2. Compare/contrast Rowley Flint with Karl Richter. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they sympathetic characters? Who would you most likely have as a friend? Why? Is each one believable? Why or why not.

3. Compare/contrast Mary as she seems early in the book and in her flashbacks to how Mary is by the end of the book. Is she the same? Different? Wiser? More or less daring? Is she likable? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

One of the major themes of Storming Heaven is that of the differences among various classes in the early 1900's in the United States. Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Discuss the idea of "class" as it exists in Storming Heaven. Be sure to include specific examples from the text and a definition of class.

2. Compare and contrast the life of upper-class Americans with that of either the middle class or lower class (i.e., the miners) as it exists in Storming Heaven. What is the upper class attitude towards earning a living? The middle class? The lower class? Which class seems the most practical? The most idealistic?

3. Discuss the following question: What is more of a barrier among people: class, education, religion or gender? Explain your reasoning fully using examples both from the text and your own life experiences.

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