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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 much are the printed cottons that Lisbeth and her mother look at when they are choosing a dress for her first dance?

2. What type of jewels are in the necklace that Edward gives Lisbeth in Chapter 20?

3. When Mattie runs away, how long do her meat and hard tack last?

4. What color dress does Mrs. Ann suggest that Lisbeth think about choosing if the seamstress has it available?

5. What does Matthew serve Lisbeth to drink in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Matthew divert the other boys to throw stones at a cottonwood?

2. What plans are made for Lisbeth's wedding to Edward?

3. Who is Grandma Washington?

4. Why does Mrs. Ann think that Edward will make Lisbeth a good husband?

5. What two things does Lisbeth discover when she looks for her birth certificate?

6. Who covers for Mattie when she is so tired at the beginning of Chapter 13?

7. How does Matthew react when Lisbeth asks if he will marry her?

8. What does Poppy tell Mattie when she leaves?

9. How does Lisbeth feel when she learns that Mattie has run away?

10. How do Lisbeths' parents try to stop her marriage to Matthew after the fact?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lisbeth decides that marrying Matthew is her best choice for her future. Why does Lisbeth decide that marrying Matthew is the best choice for her after breaking her engagement?

Essay Topic 2

Lisbeth wears the conch shell from Mattie to her betrothal party. Why does she wear the shell secretly to the party?

Essay Topic 3

Lisbeth and Mattie spend a lot of time looking out windows. What do windows represent in the novel?

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