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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. Which Maldanado child dies of the disease?

2. What meal does Jimmy make for Sarah when she comes to tell him about the baby?

3. How old is Ernest when he loses a leg?

4. How do Sarah's parents feel after Clover's death?

5. What does Sarah name her daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sarah do to calm Savannah and Harlan when Mother and Albert are gone?

2. Why does Jimmy get mad after Sarah goes visiting after having a second child?

3. What does Sarah use to write out this history?

4. What does Captain Elliot do for Sarah on Christmas Day?

5. How does Jimmy die?

6. What does Sarah say about her baby on her first Christmas?

7. Why do Jimmy and Sarah go to town by themselves?

8. What does Jimmy do just before he dies?

9. What does Savannah say about pretty dresses, and how does this make Sarah feel?

10. What happens when Sarah finds a mutilated woman on the trail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sarah had a few different homes with Jack, but kept moving back to the ranch when given the opportunity. What was it about the ranch that drew her in, and how did Jack feel about this connection between Sarah and the ranch?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters who are touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

How did Sarah mourn for the death of Jimmy, and why did she choose these methods?

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