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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 is Charles writing a book about?

2. How does Meg make sure her special Easter eggs are preserved?

3. What does Charles look at when he gets a writer's block?

4. What does Meg feel like when she develops the first photos in the darkroom?

5. What was the reason for the family moving?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Meg say about Tierny that makes Molly smile?

2. What does Molly say she admires most about Meg?

3. What does Meg yell at her parents about while Molly is in the hospital?

4. What favor does Molly ask of Meg just before she is to come home from the hospital?

5. What does Meg think when she sees Molly styling her hair?

6. How does Meg feel when the darkroom is finished?

7. What does Will say kept him from pursuing many things after Margaret died?

8. What does Will want in exchange for letting Meg use his camera?

9. How does Molly feel when she quits the sport she is involved in at school?

10. What does Meg ask to do when she is about to leave Will the first time she meets him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many changes seen in this book. What changes for Molly when she gets sick. How do these changes extend beyond her own situation?

Essay Topic 2

How does the relationship between Will and Meg come to be and how is Meg's life altered because of this new and surprising relationship?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why do you think Lois Lowry chose these particular places for this novel?

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