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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 long did Sophia Kenworth work at the colored library in Louisville?

2. Where was the little blue book kept in Chapter 9?

3. In Chapter 8, how many times did the bell toll when Garrett Bligh died?

4. In Chapter 7, why did Alice have to change her clothes?

5. How does Bluey die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Fred make a way for Alice to have dinner with him in Chapter 15?

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

4. Where was the little blue book kept in Chapter 9 when someone was not reading it?

5. In Chapter 8, what did Garrett's mother say to Alice at Garrett's wake?

6. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, what did agents for land companies do in Kentucky?

7. What did Izzy say that she wanted to be in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the novel and why is that incident the climax?

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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