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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 does Beatrice tell John is the father of the child?

2. What eventually kills Mama?

3. What does John determine upon inspecting the baby?

4. What had been a tradition for generations regarding the wheat harvest which Beatrice no longer honors?

5. Where is Beatrice when the mob approaches the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the wheat harvest changed now that Beatrice is in control?

2. How does Beatrice manage to keep John away from home until she completes the purchase of the entail?

3. How does Beatrice react when she learns that John has asked Harry's permission to marry her?

4. What does John confront Beatrice on when he returns home?

5. How does Beatrice ultimately handle the pregnancy?

6. What inadvertently happens to restore John's reputation as a doctor?

7. How does Beatrice reinforce her ploy to have John sent away by planting a bottle of liquor in his room?

8. How does Beatrice manipulate Harry into a plan to buy out the entail on Wideacre so that Julia and Richard will one day inherit the estate?

9. Explain how the impending storm is a metaphor for Beatrice's death?

10. How does Beatrice try to abort another child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several events of foreshadowing in the book. Define foreshadowing. Cite at least two situations in the story that serve as foreshadowing.

Essay Topic 2

Greed takes on a human persona in this story especially surrounding the character of Beatrice. What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Beatrice. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point in her life?

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