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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 does Carrie go to the schoolhouse?

2. What does Roldal help a woman do who lost all her sons?

3. What does Carrie do to earn money?

4. What does Talcott ask of Rondal?

5. Where does Rondal agree to go?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rondal visit Homeplace and what is Carrie's response?

2. How does Carrie see Rondal again?

3. What does Carrie do when Rondal brings her breakfast and what does she tell him?

4. What do the women do after a black child dies?

5. Where does Carrie go when the fighting begins and what does she tell Dr. Booker? What is his response?

6. Why do Rondal, Carrie and Booker leave Charleston and where will they have to pass through to get where they are going?

7. What does Rondal find out about the U.S. President and what is his response?

8. Why is Carrie relieved about the mine explosion and how does she help after it happened?

9. What is Albion doing when he returns to Homeplace and what does he say to Carrie? How does Carrie's family feel about him being back in town?

10. What do Carrie and Albion do after marrying?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Storming Heaven based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Up at the Villa is a successful novel.

3. Is Storming Heaven a novel you would recommend to a friend? Why or why not? Explain.

4. Can a novel be successful and yet many readers not enjoy it? Explain your response.

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