Gone With the Wind Worksheet

Okay, here's something I did on Google docs:

Gone With the Wind Worksheet

These are my answers to the worksheet:

Below is the story of Gone With the Wind Part: 1.
Write in the correct names of people and places. You will need
to use some of the names more than once.

Ashley Wilkes, Atlanta, Charles Hamilton, Melanie
Hamilton, Rhett Butler, Scarlett O'Hara, Tara, Wade

(i) Scarlett O'Hara is the daughter of Gerald O'Hara,
owner of (ii) Tara, a plantation. She is
in love with (iii) Ashley Wilkes, but he marries
(iv) Melanie Hamilton. To hurt him and be near him,
Scarlett marries (v) Charles Hamilton. She also meets a man called (vi) Rhett Butler, who finds
her very attractive, but who is very wild and
dangerous. Scarlett has a child, (vii) Wade,
but her husband dies. She goes to live in (viii) Atlanta
with (ix) Melanie Hamilton and Aunt Pittypat. When the Yankees enter the city,
(x) Rhett Butler helps her and Melanie to get back to (xi) Tara, but then he leaves them.
At (xii) Tara the Yankees have burnt all
the cotton and there is little food. When the war ends
(xiii) Scarlett O'Hara comes home.

True or False

(a) Will tells Scarlett to sell Tara. FALSE >:O
(b) They need $300 more to pay taxes. True
(c) Jonas Wilkerson and the Slatterys can vote. True
(d) Aunt Pittypat said Rhett Butler is in Atlanta. True
(e) Ashley faces the real world and doesn't want to escape it. FALSE! HAHA!
(f) Scarlett wants Ashley to take her away. True. WELL DUH!
(g) Ashley tells Scarlett she loves Tara more than him. Uh.... I'll just take a lucky guess. THAT BOOK IS THE SIZE OF A DICTIONARY!!! FALSE.
(h) Scarlett tells Ashley to go. FALSE

Match the 2 sentence halves.

(a) 'Get off this land when it's sold for taxes'
(b) 'I'll buy it cheap before I call Mr. Benteen and Mr. Wilkes.
(c) 'Why ain't you sayin' where the money is coming from?
(d) 'He's in prison for killing a negro who insulted a white woman, and they may hang him!'
(e) 'Everybody believes he's got millions of dollars in Confederate gold.'

Answer the folllowing questions:

(a) Because the day before someone already said that.
(b) She needs money.
(c) He sees she is lying.
(d) To marry him... I think.


Join the halves of these sentences.

(a) Frank Kennedy gives Scarlett the $300 so the taxes can get paid.
(b) Scarlett looks at books so she can see how many people owe Frank.
(c) Rhett persuades an important friend to speak for him so he can get out of prison.
(d) Scarlett sells her jewelery so she can buy sawmills.
(e) Tony Fontaine needs another horse so he can go to Texas.

How do you think Scarlett feels when she finds out that Ashley and Melanie are going to move to the North?

Scarlett feels horrible! She gave Ashley half-interest in the mills so he would move to Atlanta when she went back.

(a) Why are people afraid and feel that they can't leave the women unguarded?
Because the women were so vulnerable at the time they just couldn't set them off alone.
(b) Why does Scarlett go back to the sawmills?
To keep Ashley from coming home before the surprise party is ready.
(c) Who does Melanie get to drive Scarlett?
Archie.
(d) How was Archie able to go free?
By joining the war.
(e) Where is Scarlett when Rhett first arrives to visit her?
She is in Aunt Pittypat's house.
(f) What does Rhett tell Scarlett about Frank?
He tells her he is dead.

(a) Why are people cool with Scarlett at the funeral?
She is pregnant.
(b) Where is Rhett going, and for how long?
He is going to England for a month.
(c) What does Rhett tell Scarlett?
He tells her he wants to marry her.
(d) Why does Scarlett agree to marry Rhett?
Because he is rich. $$$
(e) Why are Scarlett and Rhett Atlanta's most unpopular couple?
Because people in Atlanta don't like Rhett and they all disprove of Scarlett.
(f) What does Melanie call Scarlett's new baby?
Bonnie.
(g) What is the real reason for Ashley not liking Rhett?
Rhett is a scoundrel.... I can't really remember but that is my guess.
(h) What does Scarlett do about this situation?
She cries.

1 Who...
(a) Has a birthday?
Ashley
(b) Who keeps Ashley busy until 5:00?
Scarlett
(c) Tells Scarlett not to be silly?
Aunt Pittypat
(d) Says he'll be the most surprised man in Atlanta?
Ashley
(e) Asks Ashley what he wants.
Scarlett
(f) Makes Scarlett forget the things she wants to forget?
Ashley
(g) Sees Scarlett in Ashley's arms?
India Wilkes and Archie
(h) Tells Scarlett she's a cowardly little cat?
India
(i) Only cares what Melanie thinks?
Archie

(a) Rhett tells Melanie things about his private life with Scarlett.
False.
(b) Melanie believes the story of Ashley and Scarlett being lovers.
False.
(c) Rhett offers Melanie and Ashley money to buy all of the mills.
True.
(d) Scarlett decides to sell the mills because Rhett makes her angry.
True.
(e) Melanie refuses to keep a secret from her husband.
False.

(a) Who teaches Bonnie to ride?
Rhett
(b) How does Bonnie die?
She falls off her horse at a jump that was too big and got trampled.
(c) What does Rhett do after Bonnie dies?
He brings her coffin with her body in it into his room and stays locked inside.
(d) Why does Scarlett go to see Melanie?
Because Melanie is very ill.
(e) What does Melanie ask Scarlett to do?
She asks her to take care of Beau and Ashley.
(f) How does Scarlett feel when she realizes Ashley really loves Melanie?
She feels that she really loves Rhett not Ashley.
(g) What does Rhett say about loving Scarlett?
He says when he first saw Scarlett he loved her and he wanted to spoil her rotten.
(h) Where does Scarlett decide go after Rhett leaves?
Tara

1. What do you think of Scarlett O'Hara? Why do you think that people like her character?
I think Scarlett has a mix of personality that's why everyone likes her character.
2. Do you think Scarlett gets Rhett back after the end of the story? How?
I don't think she does, I think she wants to get Rhett back, though.