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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. How long does Mattie have to sit on a bench after she is taken to the Anderson plantation?

2. What is the year in Chapter 5?

3. What was Ann's mother's favorite color?

4. What are the ingredients of the salve that Lisbeth gets for Mattie after Mattie is whipped?

5. When did Grandmother Wainwright marry into the Wainwright family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Emmanuel want to do every spring and why?

2. At age five, what is Samuel's job?

3. What is Grandmother Wainwright's history?

4. How does Samuel learn to read?

5. Why isn't Mrs. Ann in charge of the house since she is the mistress of the house?

6. Why does Mattie think she is wanted in the drawing room in Chapter 11?

7. What does Ann tell Lisbeth's about her mother?

8. Who is Mrs. Gray?

9. What sorts of topics are young ladies allowed and not allowed to talk about with young men?

10. In Chapter 5, how does Lisbeth spend Sunday afternoons when Mattie is in the quarters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After their reunion, Mattie and Lisbeth are not close. Why aren't Mattie and Lisbeth close to one another like family after they are reunited in Ohio?

Essay Topic 2

Edward and Lisbeth's parents react similarly when they learn that she is breaking her engagement. How and why do the three of them react when they learn the news?

Essay Topic 3

Lisbeth depends greatly upon Mattie. What type of relationship does Lisbeth have with Mattie?

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