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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. Who leaves for boarding school the autumn after William's daughter dies?

2. What do people clean muddy shoes on at the Howland home?

3. Who catches pneumonia after having the chicken pox and almost dies?

4. In what city does Robert first attend boarding school?

5. What does Margaret do with the fruit she finds in the woods around the Howland home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Margaret find in the Howland woods that she brings back to the house?

2. Without medical help, one of the children could died from pneumonia. What do the Howlands do?

3. Why does it take so long for John to contact Abigail and ask her out for a second date. Describe their dates.

4. Describe the only act of affection between her grandfather and Margaret that Abigail witnesses.

5. How does Margaret behave after her children leave for boarding school?

6. How does Margaret know that spring has come in the Book of Margaret?

7. What does Abigail remember about Robert as a child?

8. What are Margaret's earliest memories?

9. Explain why the townspeople are angry at the grandfather for not bringing his daughter's body home for burial from Santa Fe?

10. What does Margaret take with her when she moves from New Church to the Howland estate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss ways that this book may be view as dated. Be certain to address belief systems and attitudes. Is there anything that still rings true today?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss William's relationship with the townspeople of Madison City in the Book of William.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why Margaret defers to Ramona, another servant, by accepting the worst of the bedding and addressing her with "Yes'm."

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