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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. How many years were Pat and her husband married?

2. In Chapter 25, how many boxes of food does Anna have dropped off at Jack's wharf?

3. What is the name of the cemetery where Tom's father is buried?

4. In Chapter 21, how long is the grant for that is offered to Anna?

5. At the end of Chapter 22, what instrument does Magnus play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Magnus tell Anna about the house he and her mother live in?

2. How did Tom's father die?

3. In Chapter 26, why does Tom send Anna away?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 25, where is Tom and why?

5. What does Collette say about Anna going to Lost Cay in Chapter 14?

6. What does Anna learn about her father and his family in Chapter 17?

7. What are Anna's days and nights like when she is watching Hamish in Chapter 20?

8. In Chapter 23, what does Tom tell Anna in his letter to her?

9. At the end of Chapter 15, why will Tom not read Anna's letter to Fran, and why does he think the letter is okay?

10. Why does Pat come to see Anna in Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Anna and Kirsty experience being pregnant and unmarried. How are the choices that Anna and Kirsty make different? What influences each of them to make the choices that they make?

Essay Topic 2

Fran’s husband is having an affair. What decision does Fran have to make? Why is neither choice a good solution to her problem?

Essay Topic 3

Anna has never felt close to her mother. How and why does Anna’s relationship with her mother change?

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