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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 is sharing a room with a cow?

2. Where do Kiser and Devola get married?

3. Where does Mary Call look for a cave?

4. Why does Goldie get angry in Chapter 11 when she visits the Luther house?

5. Mr. Connell is looking for people to do what in November and December?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Mary Call view education?

5. Why do you think Mary Call's worries are mostly gone?

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

7. Why doesn't Mary Call try to stop the wedding between Devola and Kiser Pease?

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

9. How does the blizzard take its toll on the Luthers?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Mary Call both sad and proud when Romey, at age 10, goes out into the fields and acts like a man of the house? Explore their relationship to their father in your answer.

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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