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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. What does Jenny's mother ask when she comes to tuck her daughter in?

2. Where does James go to visit Billy's father?

3. How does Helen get out of the house to see James?

4. What does Helen do when the person she calls answers the phone?

5. What does Billy find?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Helen think of the shower?

2. What does James find out about Billy's father when he goes to visit the mother?

3. What does James tell Helen when she sneaks out to talk with him?

4. What does Helen decide to do after Dan leaves during games night and why?

5. How does Helen's love for reading help her when she gets to Jenny's house?

6. Why is the food different now from what Jenny remembers?

7. How does Helen cover for herself when she accidentally calls Jenny's father by the wrong name?

8. What does Helen notice as she wanders through the kitchen and study?

9. What happens when Helen goes to see James after her counseling session?

10. What happens when Jenny takes her body back?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What point-of-view is this book written in, and how does it affect the way the reader perceives the story?

Essay Topic 2

What differences does Helen face in the modern world, and how does she respond to these differences?

Essay Topic 3

Explain in detail how Helen has survived over the decades since her death.

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