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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 do the pirates want with Beatrice?

2. Who does John accuse of betraying him as he is taken away?

3. What tragedy does Beatrice have to face at home?

4. What does John remind Beatrice is coming?

5. What causes Mama to pass out in the library?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Beatrice know that Ralph has returned?

3. How does Beatrice ultimately handle the pregnancy?

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

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

6. How does Beatrice justify the radical changes that are occurring at Wideacre?

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

8. How does Beatrice try to explain the "early" birth of her child?

9. Describe the scene in which John is taken away by the doctors to begin his alcohol addiction treatment.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does the author use the setting she does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

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