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1 Open answers
2 a plantation

b trash

c carriage

d Open answers

3 That Ashley Wilkes is going to marry Melanie 

Hamilton.

4 She wants to ask him if it is true about Ashley and 

Melanie.

5 It will make Ashley want her more. No one will guess 

her plan.

6 a Gerald O’Hara. Ashley Wilkes

b Scarlett. Brent Tarleton

c Cathleen Calvert. Rhett Butler

d Scarlett. Ashley Wilkes

7 a blockade, battle

b widow, prostitute

c pray

d Open answers

8–9 Open answers
10 a Gerald O’Hara

b Scarlett

c Charles Hamilton

d Scarlett

e Rhett Butler

11 a He is a terrible person.

b He is brave.

c He isn’t brave but he dances wonderfully.

12 Have a soldier there to dinner. She thinks they have 

been selfish.

13 a shell

b sacred

c missing

14 Open answers
15 a No. Her father and mother are both very busy.  

Her sisters are dreaming about the men they hope 
to marry.

b money

c Ashley thinks the same as he does.

d There is hard fighting in Gettysburg.

e Look after Melanie.

f He thinks the Yankees will win.

g News comes that Ashley is missing.

16 a Rock Island in Illinois

b The Chattahoochee River

c outside the house in Atlanta

d Jonesboro

17–19 Open answers
20 They are all looking after hurt soldiers.
21 Because Prissy lied when she said she knew how to 

deliver babies.

22 He was shot and died.
23 a Melanie

b Prissy

c Rhett

24 It is burning.
25 He is a Southerner, and he is ashamed.
26 Wade calls from the wagon that he’s frightened.
27–28 Open answers
29 They have to stop and hide from soldiers many times. 

The horse is very old and tired.

30 It has been burnt.
31 A cow comes out of the woods.
32 her father
33 a Not true. Pork carries Melanie into the house.

b True

c True

d Not true. They haven’t left Tara.

e True

f Not true. He had owned a small farm in Georgia.

34–40 Open answers

Discussion activities key

1 Answers in Background and themes section of 

Teacher’s notes.

2–4 Open answers
5 Suggested answers:
 

She is very popular and flirtatious. She is unhappy 
because she is in love with Ashley and he loves 
somebody else. He likes her but they are too different 
and he would rather marry the woman his family 
would approve of. 

6 Open answers
7 Suggested answers:
 

I can’t believe this is happening to me! I hate Melanie. 
Ashley is mine and he loves me. We belong together. 
I don’t believe in what my father said. Why would he 
marry his cousin over me if he loves me? I don’t want 
to spend my whole life in Tara.

8–9 Open answers

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10  Suggested answers:
 

They are similar because they are both strong, selfish, 
hard, humourous, etc.

11–14 Open answers
15 Suggested answers:
 

He is sensible not to fight because the South is at 
a disadvantage/because there is not much men can 
do/because man cannot control war.

16–18 Open answers
19 Suggested answers:
 

He means that she is a very strong woman who will 
face any problem in life. 

20 Suggested answers:
 

He not only worries about doing business he also 
cares about his country and helping people. He loves 
Scarlett much more than he says or thinks he does. 

21 Open answers
22 Suggested answers:
 

She stays strong because she knows that her family 
needs her and that she has promised Ashley that she 
will look after Melanie. 

23 Suggested answers:
 

Scarlett will help Tara become once again what it used 
to be.Scarlett will continue to long for Ashley’s love. 
Rhett will fall for Scarlett. Melanie and Ashley will still 
love each other. 

24 Open answers

Activity worksheets key 

1 a 3  b 4  c  5  d 1  e  6  f 2
2 a work more hours > pack his things and leave

b find a boyfriend > make Ashley want her more

c her mother > Twelve Oaks 

d  nervous > relaxed

e  good > bad

f had a terrible accident > got lost

3 a  charm  b  plantation  c carriage  d  flirt
 

e  trash  f  slaves

4 a He thinks that the Yankees will win easily. The 

South has no factories or warships and the North 
could blockade them so that they cannot export 
their cotton.

b Scarlett tells Ashley she loves him; he says he’s going 

to marry Melanie Hamilton; Scarlett hits him 
across the face; Rhett Butler overhears everything.

c  Open answers

d Because it will show Ashley she doesn’t care; it will 

‘kill’ Honey and will hurt Melanie.

e She thinks she’s a stupid little fool.

5 Open answers
6 a  3
 

b  3

 

c  7 – He is getting guns and food through the 

blockade.

 

d  7

 

e  3

 

f 3

 

g  3

 

h 7

7 a  She spends the time on nursing, parties and visits to 

Tara.

b  Because she is kind and unselfish.

c  Because his main aim is to make money out of the 

war.

d Because she couldn’t believe that Ashley could have 

the same thoughts as Rhett Butler.

e  She thinks Rhett is sensible because he doesn’t 

believe in the war and won’t fight in it. Ashley, on 
the other hand, doesn’t believe in the war but does 
fight in it.

8 a  Mrs Meade  b  Ashley  c  Scarlett
9 a  She gave it to Scarlett for her to read.

b the three brothers had died in war

c  loved wars

d  was happy to see her

10 a  so that 3  b so 5  c  because 1  d  because 2
 

e so that 4

11 a in another town > at the railway station

b soldiers > dead people

c child > slave

d  Ashley > Wade

e  Confederates > Yankees

12 a  ask Rhett to take them home to Tara

b he steps down from the wagon and leaves them 

since he is going to join the army

c  he loves her and kisses her

d  and she hits him hard across the face

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13 a 7 – as it used to be

b  7 – Her mother has died but her sisters are getting 

better.

c  3

d  3

e 7 – She went fast.

f  7 – The Yankees had burned the cotton.

14 a  6  b  2  c  5  d  4  e 3  f 1
15 a  5  b  1  c  2  d  6  e  3  f  4

Progress test key 

1 a  Ashley > Stuart
 b  the problems in the plantation > the war
 c  hated > loved 
 d  intelligent > polite 
 e  anger > pain
 f strangers > their cousins
2 a 1  b 2  c  2  d  2
3 a  2  b  1  c  6  d  4  e  3  f  5
4 a  3
 b 3
 c  7 – She agreed with him because Ashley said the 

same as Rhett. 

 d  3
 e  7 – In Illinois. 
 f 7 – He was a prisoner Confederate who refused to 

become a Yankee soldier.

 g  7 – Ashley never joined the Yankees, but Rhett 

would if he had to save his life. 

5 a shell  b  typhoid  c  see through her like glass
  d  lover  e deliver the baby  f  a liar
6 a it was the Confederates were burning the gun factory
 b  sends Prissy for Rhett Butler to bring a horse and 

carriage to take them home

 c Tara had escaped and it was in good condition
 d  her mother had died but her sisters were getting 

better

 e had lived in Tara and had helped them get medicines
7 a  3
 b  3
 c  7 – In the garden at Tara.
 d  7 – She found money, gold and jewellery. 
 e  3
 f  7 – For saving his life.
 g  7 – To Tara.