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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 is the weather like in Chapter 27 as Alice gets ready to leave town?

2. At the end of Chapter 17, what are Mr. and Mrs. Brady doing when a maid finds them?

3. What does Fred show Alice at the end of Chapter 20?

4. In Chapter 27, what time is Alice's train scheduled to leave?

5. When is Clem McCullough's body found?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sophia tell Margery that she needs to get married?

2. What is it like in jail for Margery?

3. What did Nancy Stone say that got Margery arrested?

4. How does it rain in Chapter 16?

5. How and when does Alice realize that Margery is pregnant?

6. What does Bennett tell Alice in Chapter 24 and why?

7. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Brady fight at the end of Chapter 17?

8. When did Margery quit taking visitors and why?

9. Why does the sheriff want to see the library records for six months?

10. In Chapter 25, what does Kathleen try to remind Verna McCullough that they did together as girls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Izzy is kept at home by her mother until the library starts. What handicap does Izzy have? How has that handicap affected her life? Why does Izzy start working for the library? How do the experiences she has working help her to learn to stand up for herself?

Essay Topic 3

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

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