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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many are shocked that Mrs. Conway would allow her children to play in or near _______________.
(a) Fire.
(b) Sandpits.
(c) The woods.
(d) Water.

2. Where did the professor go to college?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Brown.
(c) Yale.
(d) Clemson.

3. Which is not among the items Conway gifted to Valarie?
(a) Knife sheath.
(b) Hatchet.
(c) Earrings.
(d) Riding crop.

4. What is the name of Conway's younger brother?
(a) Judson.
(b) Jake.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Jorge.

5. Conway is known for having a strong ______________.
(a) Heart.
(b) Character.
(c) Dogma.
(d) Back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Conway lived with people of which culture?

2. Gilbert compares Conway as being as savvy as anyone on/in ____________.

3. The author refers to the American man as being part stereotype, part ______________.

4. Conway taught the class how to do which of the following?

5. Where was Karen Conway raised?

Short Essay Questions

1. What one thing stood in the way of the realization of Conway's vision? How did Conway solve the problem?

2. What about Conway's childhood might shock most modern parents?

3. To which famous frontiersman is Conway compared? Where would this person be found?

4. What is meant by the concept of America as a utopia?

5. Conway had little to no money when he returned to North Carolina. Discuss Conway's plan.

6. What were Mrs. Conway's thoughts about the children playing in the woods?

7. What activities did Conway take part in before and during his college career?

8. What are Gilbert's thoughts on the "American man?" How is this character typically viewed?

9. Gilbert states that Conway's childhood gave him the courage and ambition to take on which activities?

10. What influence did Karen Conway have over the reconciliation of Little Eustace and Big Eustace?

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