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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 type of bird does Bennett think that Alice sees at the end of Chapter 3?
2. In Chapter 10, how many inches of ice would be needed to be hacked from the top of the well?
3. How long after Margery's brother Jack left home, did they hear about him again?
4. In Chapter 13, what day of the week does Pastor McIntosh come to speak to Alice?
5. In Chapter 6, what did Beth promise to buy Bryn if he ran errands for her?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some gifts that the librarians get for Christmas?
2. In Chapter 12, who steps up to help the librarians and why?
3. How did Alice persuade her father-in-law that she should help with the traveling library in Chapter 2?
4. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, what did agents for land companies do in Kentucky?
5. What does Margery tell Alice about a man hitting a woman in Chapter 12?
6. In Chapter 1, what happened that made Alice's parents keep her indoors?
7. What was the first memory Margery had?
8. What did Alice say in Chapter 1 when Bennett said she should not sign up for the traveling library?
9. At the end of Chapter 14, why does Margery tell Sven not to come over?
10. In Chapter 15 when Alice will not return to Bennett, what does Van Cleve do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The setting or settings in a book are the places where the action takes place. Do the settings in the book serve as a backdrop to characters or do they almost take on the role of a character? How do the settings evoke feelings or set the tone in The Giver of Stars?
Essay Topic 2
Why was the Hoffman Mine a dirty and dangerous place to work? What did it mean to unionize the mine, and why were men trying to unionize the mine?
Essay Topic 3
Margery is put on trial for McCullough’s death. Is she presumed to be innocent or guilty? How solid is the evidence that McCullough was murdered? Does it seem possible as the trial beings that Margery will receive a fair and just trial?
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