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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 do the Luthers use the money from the goldenseal for in Chapter 5?

2. What does Devola dream about buying with the money from wildcrafting?

3. When Mary Call sees a figure outside one night, who does she think it is?

4. What happens when Romey tries to teach Mary Call how to drive?

5. What do the two sisters do for money in the beginning of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ima Dean throw out the candy Mrs. Connell gave them?

2. Do you think Kiser is evil deep down inside after seeing his reaction to Roy Luther's condition?

3. Why is Kiser so eager to please the Luthers?

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

5. What do Romey and Mary Call realize about their father in burying him?

6. Why does Mary Call decide to help Kiser after they find him ill?

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

8. Why does Mary Call chastise Romey in Chapter 4?

9. What happens when Mary Call tells Kiser in Chapter 3 about the paper he signed?

10. What characteristics does Mary have that are probably the reasons why her father has left her in charge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the theme of self-reliance in the novel. How is it clearly in Roy Luther? Mary Call? Romey?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter One, describe what the scene with the traveler and Mary Call's contrasting comments about the land the Luther family lives on illustrates.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Mary Call Luther and Devola Luther. In what ways are they different? In what ways are they alike? How does their relationship change throughout the book?

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