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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. Where does Red take the twins when Celine gets sick on Christmas Eve?

2. In Chapter 40, what book does Red take to the stargazing rock to read?

3. What type of cake does Mrs. Kapule make for Red's 12th birthday?

4. How far does Celine think she drove the night her son died?

5. What is a video about that Marvin shows Red so she can see how the video she wants to make needs to show a journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why dioes Red go to stay with the Klines after Celine is taken to the hospital?

2. Why does Red ask Jackson to take her to Marvin's in Chapter 51?

3. What does Red remember in Chapter 35 about an incident when she was three?

4. Who does Wanda meet at the aquarium and why does Red get upset?

5. How does Red try to show her mother the impossible notebook?

6. In Chapter 45, how has Red been practicing with her wind and what progress is she making?

7. What conversation do Red and Wanda have in Chapter 44 when Red says she wants to live with her mom?

8. How do Celine and Jackson react when Red tells them what happened in the barn when she was watching the boys?

9. How does Red play ball with Gandalf, and how does she feel afterward?

10. How is Wanda distracted when she and Red visit the aquarium?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Lackey use artistic license to create the realistic background of All the Impossible Things? Even with the magical elements, does the story almost seem as though it might have happened?

Essay Topic 2

Red feels she has had to be grown up for too long. In what ways has Red had to be grown up and responsible beyond her years and how has this affected her life?

Essay Topic 3

Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does Lackey use personification in All the Impossible Things? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects?

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