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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 does Blue Horse do while Sarah is in labor?

2. How does Toobuddy die?

3. What does Sarah compare Jack's letters to?

4. What does Sarah name her second daughter?

5. Where does Sarah get some clothes for Jack Elliot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when a man threatens Melissa on the road to the fort?

2. Why does Jack say he helped Sarah around her house so much just before the 4th of July?

3. What happens when Sarah is approached by the brother of the man who threatened Melissa?

4. What does April do when Sarah moves back to the ranch?

5. What does Sarah hate most about her first home at the fort?

6. Where does Harlan end up at the end of the book?

7. What happens when Savannah has some complications with a labor?

8. What is remarkable to Sarah about her first day in the fort, and how does she feel about it?

9. What does Jack say just before he dies?

10. What anonymous gift does Sarah receive in the mail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Courage and fear were two attributes that were seen a number of times in this book. Where did they appear, and how did the presence of these feelings change the characters who were involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Death and mortality were two integral themes in Sarah's life. What are some of the key examples of this theme, and how did the presence of this theme affect the main characters?

Essay Topic 3

Adelita was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

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