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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 are the conditions outside when Roy Luther is taken up to the mountain to be buried?

2. What does Ima Dean want to buy herself with the money from wildcrafting?

3. While Kiser is sick, what do the Luther children enjoy?

4. What happens after the Luthers play with the car for two days?

5. What happens before Romey and Mary Call bury Roy Luther and pray?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Devola is silent when she learns of her father's death?

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

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

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

5. What are the reasons why Mary Call is putting off the trip to the store?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the relationship between Mary Call and Kiser Pease. How does it evolve throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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