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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. After Roy Luther gets sick, what happens to his body?

2. Romey wants to give his father a grand funeral like whose?

3. What does Mary Call tell Roy Luther in Chapter 5 before he dies?

4. What does Romey daydream about buying with the money from wildcrafting?

5. What is one thing that is dangerous about the mountains during wildcrafting?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Romey react when he finds out about his father's death?

2. What is revealed in Chapter 4 about what Mary Call plans to do if their father dies? Explain how it is revealed.

3. What does Mrs. Connell tell the children about their father? Do you think Mary Call agrees?

4. How does Mary Call try to hide that their father has died from the other children?

5. One of Mary Call's promises to her father has to do with charity. How is Mary Call similar to her father in this view?

6. Why does Mary Call feel angry during Kiser's visit?

7. Why do you think Mary Call dreams about marrying Kiser Pease?

8. How is Roy Luther's refusal to see a doctor indicative of stereotypes of mountain people?

9. In what ways is wildcrafting more difficult than the Luthers thought?

10. Although Kiser is obviously wealthy and Mary knows that, what about him is she not willing to acknowledge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe two examples of Mary Call's major decisions in the book that affect the entire family but are made entirely on her own.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the attitudes of Mr. Connell with Mrs. Connell to the Luthers. Be sure to mention Mrs. Connell's masked intentions.

Essay Topic 3

In what ways do Mary Call's promises to her father on his deathbed make her life more difficult?

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