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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 old was Jackson when he left Kentucky and swore he would never come back?

2. What book does Jackson give Cussy to read in Chapter 20?

3. In Chapter 30, what type of horse does Jackson ride?

4. What type of hat is Devil John Smith wearing when he stops Cussy on the trail?

5. When does Martha Hannah read the Bible to her children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Cussy ask to bury the Moffits?

2. How did R.C. win his bride?

3. Who is Oren Taft, and why does Cussy suggest he become a librarian?

4. What book does Cussy lend Jackson Lovett in Chapter 20, and what is the history behind the book?

5. What does Doc say and do when Harriet yells at Cussy when she sees that her skin is white?

6. What does Jackson save for Honey and why?

7. What is wrong with Henry in Chapter 21?

8. What food does Doc give Cussy in Chapter 28, and what does she do with it?

9. How does Pa die, and who helps bury him?

10. How does Cussy get Devil John Smith to take books again?

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

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

The hill people of Kentucky experienced great poverty. How did the hill people of Kentucky experience great poverty? How are their lives shortened by the deprivation they experience?

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