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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 9, what did Fred bring when Alice was still at the library?

2. In Chapter 14, besides cloth-washing, how long might a librarian go without seeing her body much at all?

3. In Chapter 6, how old was Margery?

4. When did Margery tell Sven in Chapter 14, not to come over?

5. What does Marjery hit Clem McCullough with in the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Margery learn to read?

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

3. Why was a town meeting held in Chapter 8?

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

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

6. In Chapter 1, what happened that made Alice's parents keep her indoors?

7. What did Alice say in Chapter 1 when Bennett said she should not sign up for the traveling library?

8. In Chapter 15 when Alice will not return to Bennett, what does Van Cleve do?

9. In Chapter 10, why does Margery ask Sven to come be with her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Circumstantial evidence is used to arrest Margery. How is circumstantial evidence used to justify arresting Margery? Was there enough probable cause to arrest her?

Essay Topic 2

Alice and Margery attend Garrett Bligh’s funeral. How is the funeral different from funerals Alice has attended in the past? What does the funeral reveal about community?

Essay Topic 3

Pastor McIntosh comes to talk with Alice about returning to the Van Cleve’s home. What does the conversation reveal about hypocrisy? Are McIntosh and Van Cleve hypocrites?

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