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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 kind of animal appears during Roy Luther's burial?

2. What does Kiser Pease give Devola in Chapter 7?

3. What happens when Mary Call wraps Kiser in the onions?

4. What is Devola's reaction when she hears of her father's death?

5. In the midst of the breakdown, who is attacked by hornets?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of sickness does Roy Luther likely have that altered the look of his face? What makes you think so?

3. How does Mary Call contradict herself when she tells Romey to leave an IOU?

4. Devola is the oldest sister of the Luther family, but in what ways does Mary Call take on that roll?

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

6. What leads up to Mary Call's breakdown with the children in Chapter 7?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Mary Call's view on education and her family?

Essay Topic 2

How is Roy Luther an example of the price of pride? What does it mean in relation to Kiser's warning about the price of freedom?

Essay Topic 3

How does Mary Call feel about living in the mountains and the perception of her family? Are some of the stereotypes of mountain people true of the Luthers? In what ways are they different?

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