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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 Mama say she wants to occur by next year?

2. What is the errand on which Mr. McPhee takes Lark?

3. How much education does Papa have?

4. Where is Aunt Betty when Lark and Mama arrive at her house?

5. What is the sound that wakes Lark from sleep that night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Lark and Uncle Stan greet each other? What does Lark think about Uncle Stan?

2. What touches are added to the depot room in an effort to make it more like home?

3. What are some of the job opportunities Mama sees but dismisses?

4. How is the laundry done while Mama and Lark are visiting Aunt Betty?

5. How does Mama manage the practical aspects of life in the depot, such as heating their rooms and washing dishes?

6. What decision does Lark face when she realizes she can't possibly reach the raft?

7. What makes Stella Wheeler cry during the picnic?

8. Describe what happens when Lark tells Mr. McPhee that Marjorie is in limbo.

9. What are Lark's thoughts about the financial situation for Aunt Betty and Uncle Stan and how does Uncle Stan's job contribute to that?

10. When Grandpa Browning asks Mama if she's crying over the money Papa lost, she lies. What does she say and how is this the same as what Aunt Betty had done to protect Uncle Stan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the pretty lady on the train who never introduces herself to Lark? What does Lark imagine about the lady? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Lark come to believe she's responsible for the death of Marjorie Ann? How does she come to know she's not? How do the two pieces of knowledge affect her?

Essay Topic 3

Lark is afraid that Marjorie Ann is in limbo, Hilly went to hell, and she is bound for hell for her myriad of sins. Explain why Lark believes these things and what impact these beliefs have on Lark, her family, and the storyline.

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