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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 does Cussy bring the Doc and her pa to drink in Chapter 14?

2. What month is it in Chapter 3?

3. In Chapter 9, how long is Cussy's route the day she stops at the schoolhouse?

4. When is Angeline expecting a baby?

5. How long after Cussy's mother died did she apply to be a Pack Horse librarian?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Cussy inherit from Charlie Frazier?

3. How are miners paid, and why is that a problem?

4. What happens to any woman who is violated?

5. Why did an old mountain doctor give Cussy the nickname of Bluet?

6. What is Lovett's Ridge like compared to where Cussy lives?

7. Who is R.C. Cole, and what are his dreams?

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

9. What has happened to Blues who have tried to right a wrong?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cussy is ostracized. Who are Cussy’s ancestors? What genetic trait did these people have? How does the genetic trait manifest itself? Why is Cussy ostracized?

Essay Topic 2

Pa is working with other miners to establish a union. Why are Pa and other miners working to establish a union? Why does Cussy worry about her father’s activities with the union?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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