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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. How does Kiser feel about the hospital?

2. Who is Kiser angry with?

3. What takes the snow away?

4. Why does Mary Call lock the door?

5. Who does the bear skin belong to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Once again, how do the other family members take out their frustration on Mary?

2. How does Devola remind Mary Call of Cosby Luther in this chapter, and how does she respond to it?

3. Explain why Mary Call is worried when Kiser takes Devola off to get her license.

4. Describe how Mrs. Connell is scared away from the Luther house.

5. Why doesn't Mary Call want Devola to marry Kiser Pease?

6. How do the Luthers prepare for winter?

7. Explain what the coming of the early spring could symbolize for the Luther family and what it means when it is quickly taken away.

8. How is Goldie able to take the house from the Luthers?

9. Compare and contrast the characters of Goldie Pease and Kiser Pease.

10. How do Romey and Mary Call switch roles in this chapter?

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

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 3

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

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