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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 another name for Somerset County?
2. Three books are mentioned that Abigail receives for agreeing to pretend to be the sick child. They are The Swiss Family Robinson, Kidnapped, and ________________.
3. Where is John stationed during the Korean war?
4. How old is Margaret when she learns the story of her father?
5. Who tells Abigail that she's not "beholden" to the Howland home?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Abigail remember about the first part of her life?
2. What does Margaret take with her when she moves from New Church to the Howland estate?
3. How did Margaret's parents meet?
4. What does Abigail remember about Robert as a child?
5. How does Margaret know that spring has come in the Book of Margaret?
6. Describe the only act of affection between her grandfather and Margaret that Abigail witnesses.
7. How does Margaret behave after her children leave for boarding school?
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 Abigail remember about family vacations?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Abigail knows that John has joined racist societies like the Ku Klux Klan and the Citizen's Council. At first she believes that it's just something he's required to do as a Southern man in power. Since he treats Margaret and Oliver nicely, she believes he isn't prejudiced. Discuss what prejudice is and what it looks like.
Essay Topic 2
Identify five examples of racial tension in "The Keepers of the House," and analyze them.
Essay Topic 3
At the end of the first section, Abigail admits that if she were to be honest, she would wish that Robert weren't alive. Discuss this statement. Does this make Abigail evil?
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