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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 are Johnny’s patients?

2. What do both George and Rose know will greet them back home at the ranch?

3. Chapter V begins when George finds Rose crying. How does he respond?

4. How does Johnny feel about delivering his own son?

5. Where do Johnny and Rose first meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Phil and George different from those around them?

2. Why is Beech unable to grow and develop?

3. What does Rose like about George?

4. What is known about the Burbank ranch in the first section (Chapters I-III)?

5. What bothers George about Phil?

6. What makes both George and Rose reluctant to come home to the ranch?

7. What does the narrator say about Phil's eyes in Chapter IV?

8. How does Phil's behavior in college affect George?

9. How does Peter feel about his new life in Herndon?

10. To what does the narrator compare the cattle drive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rose admits to George early on that she loved her first husband very much and is not sure if she can love another. How do Rose's feelings for George change throughout the course of this book? Does she fall in love with him? Why or why not? What similarities can be found between George and Johnny and the possible reasons why Rose would want to be married to both of them?

Essay Topic 2

Although George is not considered a smart man, what abilities of his seem to shine throughout this story, beginning with early descriptions of him as well as his relationship with Rose beginning in Chapter V? What does this say about intelligence? What does the reader learn about various types of intelligence throughout this story? In what ways is intelligence important and in what ways can in be a hinderance?

Essay Topic 3

Rose admits towards the end of the story that she is nothing without the opinions and support of others. How is this revealed throughout the story? How does this attitude about herself affect her thoughts and actions? What might have led to having this opinion of herself?

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