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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 does John remind Beatrice is coming?

2. What do the people call the area of the cemetery where suicides are buried?

3. What does Beatrice think needs to happen so that things can return to normal at Wideacre?

4. What is Ralph doing when Beatrice walks out of the house?

5. Who does Celia think is Julia's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Beatrice tell Celia to coerce her to support John's being sent away for alcohol abuse treatment?

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

3. How does Beatrice react to Richard's brush with death and how is she perceived to be shallow in her concerns?

4. How does Beatrice ultimately handle the pregnancy?

5. What foreshadowing does the author create to indicate the imminent fate of Wideacre and its inhabitants?

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

7. Why does Celia reject Beatrice's plan for Julia's inheritance of Wideacre?

8. What is the tradition of the wheat doll on the last day of the harvest?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Culler. What is his role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by creating the Culler in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Celia. 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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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