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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. Who gets stuck in the mud at the Luther house?

2. Who does the bear skin belong to?

3. Who is sharing a room with a cow?

4. Who goes out in the blizzard to look for the person who went to Kiser?

5. What is the principal of the school's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the Thanksgiving dinner and their situation in general wearing on Mary Call in this chapter?

2. What are Mary Call's plans for the cave?

3. Why is Mary Call somewhat relieved when Kiser Pease is injured?

4. How does Mary Call view education?

5. Why can't Mary Call ride home with the Graybeals even though it is raining?

6. Is Kiser Pease going to take care of the Luthers?

7. Describe the continued feud between Mrs. Connell and Romey.

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

9. Why doesn't Mary Call think it's a good idea to have friends at school?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Mary Call's frustration with herself in Chapter 11 when Goldie comes to visit the Luthers. Why does she get so mad at herself? In what ways do Romey and Mary Call switch roles when this happens?

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

Mary Call's independence is a central theme to the book. Why is she determined to be independent, and in what ways is she? How does she fail in this in some respects?

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