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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 the owner's text to Eve say?
2. What do the teenagers find in the barn the day after the owner arrives at the farm?
3. What does Evie overhear the trail angels discussing?
4. When does Jack's owl begin flying again?
5. What is the one sentence Shel says out loud in Part IV?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Burl tell Evie about Shel in Chapter 5?
2. What natural phenomenon does Evie and the rest of the crew at the farm see in Chapter 5 that is highly unusual for that time of year and the location?
3. Why do Sukey and her mother come back to the farm in Chapter 6?
4. What does Evie hear the trail angels debating in Chapter 6 that scares and confuses her?
5. Why does Evie grow frantic when the soldiers start shooting sheep?
6. What kind of pictures do Evie and the other teens see of James on social media in Chapter 5?
7. What saves the crew at the farm from the soldiers?
8. Who does Evie credit with saving them from the great house and leading them to the farm, and why?
9. How does the farm feel to Evie when they first get there in Chapter 5?
10. What does Jack tell Darla he has figured out about the Bible in Chapter 7?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Millet treat the theme of sex from a coming-of-age point of view throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What happens to Sukey's mother about halfway through the novel, and why does it seem to serve as a type of turning point in the action of the novel and in the lives of the assembled teenagers? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Which specific details and plot events of Millet's are the most effective in communicating the nature of the relationship between the parents and the teenagers throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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