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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 19, who says that Margery was due to get her books when she heard a gunshot in December?

2. In Chapter 26, what does Alice bring to the jail before she goes to the courthouse?

3. In Chapter 16, near what creek do Margery and Beth start warning people that the water is rising?

4. Where do Sven and Margery get married?

5. In Chapter 18, what food was Van Cleve eating when Margery dumped sludge on it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sven and Margery's wedding like?

2. How does Margery save William in Chapter 16?

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

4. In Chapter 26, where does Alice go before the trial begins and what does she take with her?

5. What do Kathleen and Sophia ask Sven to take to Margery after the baby is born?

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

7. In Chapter 17, what does Alice want after she changes into dry clothes at Fred's?

8. What does Verna McCullough testify at the trial?

9. In Chapter 16, where does Fred send Izzy?

10. What does the McCullough house look like?

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

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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