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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. In Chapter 5, what injury did Sven say that William Kenworth had?

2. What type of apples did Fred bring in Chapter 9?

3. What time did Margery and Sven wake in Chapter 10?

4. In the Prologue, how old is Nancy?

5. In Chapter 9, what did Fred bring when Alice was still at the library?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, why did Alice no longer enjoy the weekly church dinners?

2. What questions does Alice ask Pastor McIntosh in Chapter 13 that he cannot answer?

3. What does Margery tell Alice about a man hitting a woman in Chapter 12?

4. What encounter does Margery have in the Prologue, and how does she handle it?

5. In Chapter 7, who helped Alice after she was sprayed by a skunk?

6. What did Kathleen Bligh ask Alice to do in Chapter 4, and what were the results?

7. In the Prologue, who always comes to meet Margery on her library trips?

8. In Chapter 12, who steps up to help the librarians and why?

9. What are some gifts that the librarians get for Christmas?

10. In Chapter 11, what did Van Cleve do to Alice and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Baileyville is a patriarchal society. Why is the town a patriarchal society? How does that affect the roles that women are expected to play?

Essay Topic 2

Alice and Fred begin to care for one another. Why does Fred ask Alice to observe fireflies with him? What do fireflies symbolize about their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

What type of man does Bennett seem to be? How is he similar to his father and how is he different from his father?

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