SparkNotes: Gone with the Wind: Quiz

1. How many children does Scarlett have?

(A) One

(B) Two

(C) Three

(D) Four

2. Why does Archie oppose Scarlett’s plan to lease convicts?

(A) It will lose money

(B) Convicts will threaten Scarlett’s life

(C) He despises the ill treatment that leased convicts get

(D) It will threaten Archie’s job

3. Why does Scarlett stay with Melanie when Atlanta is under attack?

(A) Scarlett loves Melanie

(B) Scarlett has made a promise to Ashley

(C) Scarlett loves Atlanta

(D) Scarlett is afraid to leave

4. Who saves Scarlett from the attack in Shantytown?

(A) Uncle Peter

(B) Rhett

(C) Ashley

(D) Big Sam

5. How does Gerald die?

(A) Trying to jump a fence on a horse

(B) Fighting at Gettysburg

(C) Alcohol poisoning

(D) Typhoid fever

6. How old is Scarlett at the beginning of the novel?

(A) Twenty-four

(B) Twenty-one

(C) Sixteen

(D) Nine

7. Who is Scarlett’s second husband?

(A) Charles

(B) Frank

(C) Rhett

(D) Ashley

8. What phrase does Scarlett repeat to herself in difficult times?

(A) “I’ll do it for Ashley”

(B) “The South is gone with the wind, but I am still her

(C) e”“I’ll always have Tara”

(D) “I’ll think about it tomorrow”

9. Who delivers Melanie’s child?

(A) Scarlett

(B) Prissy

(C) Dilcey

(D) Mammy

10. How does Rhett make money during the war?

(A) Blackmailing

(B) Selling war bonds

(C) Running blockades

(D) Organizing fundraisers

11. Who tries to buy Tara from Scarlett?

(A) Will Benteen

(B) Jonas Wilkerson

(C) Rhett

(D) Johnnie Gallegher

12. Who catches Scarlett and Ashley embracing?

(A) Rhett

(B) Melanie

(C) Mrs. Elsing and Mrs. Merriwether

(D) India Wilkes and Archie

13. What, according to Ashley, does Scarlett love more than she loves him?

(A) Tara

(B) Rhett

(C) The South

(D) Alcohol

14. Where does Scarlett plan to go at the end of the novel?

(A) Charleston

(B) Aunt Pittypat’s house

(C) Tara

(D) Boston

15. Who testifies on behalf of the Klansmen after Frank is killed?

(A) Scarlett

(B) Belle Watling

(C) Aunt Pittypat

(D) Wade

16. How does Bonnie die?

(A) Typhoid fever

(B) Falling down the stairs

(C) Drowning

(D) Jumping her horse over an obstacle

17. Why does Ashley refuse to marry Scarlett?

(A) Scarlett is not wealthy enough

(B) They are too different

(C) He secretly loves her mother

(D) He does not love Scarlett

18. Why does Scarlett slap Prissy?

(A) Prissy slapped Scarlett first

(B) Prissy tried to escape slavery

(C) Prissy lied about her midwifery experience

(D) Prissy taunted Scarlett

19. Who gives Bonnie her nickname?

(A) Melanie

(B) Ashley

(C) Uncle Peter

(D) Aunt Pittypat

20. According to Old Miss Fontaine, what is the secret to life?

(A) Being kind even in times of trouble

(B) Maintaining old values and lifestyles

(C) Following one’s heart

(D) Changing with the changing times

21. Why does Rhett abandon Scarlett and Melanie outside Atlanta?

(A) He is afraid of the dark

(B) He is bitter that Scarlett rejected him

(C) He is joining the Confederate army

(D) He thinks his presence would endanger them

22. Why is Rhett put in jail?

(A) He killed a Yankee

(B) He killed a black man

(C) He is implicated in a Ku Klux Klan raid

(D) He raped Scarlett

23. Where does Rhett usually spend time after he fights with Scarlett?

(A) Charleston

(B) Melanie’s house

(C) The fish pond

(D) Belle Watling’s place

24. Why does Scarlett have a miscarriage?

(A) She falls down the stairs after trying to strike Rhett

(B) She induces it on purpose

(C) Rhett hits her in the stomach

(D) She drinks too much

25. What is the final line of the novel?

(A) “Alas, the Old South is gone with the wind”

(B) “The sun will come out tomorrow”

(C) “My dear, I don’t give a damn”

(D) “After all, tomorrow is another day”