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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. Where does Jack's father live?

2. What does Sarah name her second baby?

3. Where does Sarah get rouge and perfume?

4. Who begins courting Mama?

5. How does Ruben die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What kind of gift does Jack bring for April?

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

5. What does Jack say just before he dies?

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

7. What does Sarah say she sees after losing her daughter?

8. What do Sarah and Mason do the first night he stays in the house with her?

9. What happens while Jack is away tracking some train robbers?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happened when Father died, and what significance did this have on the plot? Who was involved in tragedy there, and what did this monumental event symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How did the relationship between Albert and Savannah change throughout the course of the plot, and how did these changes affect the characters around them?

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