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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. Who helps Mike get up onto the float?

2. What is Kyra doing when Mike returns to the cabin?

3. In the car, John plays a cassette of _______________ voice for Mike to hear.

4. What do the alphabet magnets spell out on the refrigerator when Mike returns home from giving his deposition?

5. Jared Devore's ghost tells Mike that he and his friends killed Sara and her son because _______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the sudden disappearance of the refrigerator magnets?

2. What does Frank tell Mike about being with Jo at Sara Laughs shortly before she died?

3. What is Mike's reaction to the tape of Rogette's voice that John plays in the car?

4. What is the devastating effect of the shooter's gunfire at Mattie's house?

5. What question does Kyra ask Mike at the party that is so poignant later on?

6. In what way do Max and Rogette terrorize Mike after his sensory experience regarding the young Negro boy?

7. Why does Mrs. Meserve resign as Mike's housekeeper and what is Mike's reaction to her resignation?

8. Describe Mike's experience of "time travel" at the Fryeburg County Fair in 1900.

9. What does Kyra intuit at the Fryeburg County Fair scenario that Mike does not pick up on?

10. Who does John Storrow invite to an impromptu party after hearing the good news about Mattie's inheritance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the greatest lesson Mike learns from Bill Dean? Is it true that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Mike always recall about his experiences with Bill?

Essay Topic 2

Grief takes on an almost human persona in this book. What are some examples of grief? What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Mike. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were his dreams and fears? What was most valuable to him in his world?

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