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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 among Iano's siblings is said to run a salmon-fishing charter in Alaska?

2. Who wrote My Antonia?

3. What is the admission cost for the lecture that Thatcher attends in the beginning of Chapter 10?

4. What nickname does the author use in references to Donald Trump in the novel?

5. What organization sent Mr. Hawk correspondence from Mary Treat to Charles Valentine Riley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thatcher learn from Willis and Selma in Chapter 14?

2. How have the living/sleeping arrangements in Willa's house changed in Chapter 11? Why?

3. How is Carruth's home described in Chapter 14? Why does Thatcher go there?

4. Why does Tig's behavior surprise Willa in Chapter 13?

5. What are Willa's future plans at the end of her narrative in Chapter 17?

6. How is the lecture/debate described in Chapter 10?

7. What is being celebrated in Chapter 17? How is the celebration described?

8. What are Mary's future plans in Chapter 18?

9. What important information does Thatcher learn from Carruth in Chapter 10?

10. Why has Iano left in Chapter 15? Where has he gone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Polly and Rose in the novel. What is the age difference between these sisters? What are each of these characters' main interests? To which character do you relate the most? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Willa's relationship with her daughter Tig evolves throughout the novel. How would you describe their relationship in the beginning? How does this relationship change? What leads to the changes in the relationship? Do you think that their relationship grows stronger or more distant? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the marriage of Thatcher and Rose in the novel. For how long have these characters been married at the onset of the novel? Where did they meet? How does their relationship change in the course of the narrative?

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