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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. Where does R.C. Cole live?

2. When does Cussy go to the Library Center to get books for her patrons?

3. What dowry did Elijah offer for Cussy after Agnes's packhorse left her in the snow last month?

4. How far does father have to walk to the mine?

5. What time does Cussy leave Mr. Prine's homestead in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what does Cussy persuade Doc to give her after her first trip to Lexington.

2. Who does Pa arrange for Cussy to marry, and why does he not take her to the officiant for the wedding?

3. Where is Pa going in Chapter 11 and why?

4. What happens when Charlie Frazier consummates his marriage with Cussy?

5. What agreement does Doc make to keep Vester Frazier's death a secret?

6. What wakes Cussy in Chapter 13, and what does she find outside?

7. Why is Cussy worried when her father goes to a union meeting?

8. What is the schoolhouse like that Cussy visits in Chapter 9?

9. What does Doc say when Cussy asks him to tend Willie Moffit's foot?

10. What happened to Pa's older brother, Daniel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 2

Cussy takes medicine that makes her skin white. What disease does Cussy have? How does she hope taking medication will help her assimilate with the community? Why does changing her skin color not help her assimilate with the community?

Essay Topic 3

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does the author use imagery to help readers imagine the world she has created?

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