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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. At the end of Chapter 13, what did Trent say that his grandfather found?

2. When Avery shows Grandma Judy the photograph from May Crandall, who does she say the woman is in the picture?

3. Toward the end of Chapter 7, what does Grandma Judy call Avery?

4. How old does Avery remember that she was when she attended a baby shower at Magnolia Manor?

5. What color was the house that Rill and the other children were taken to in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what happened when a man came to visit his little boy?

2. What happens to Rill and the other children in Chapter 6?

3. At the end of Chapter 8, what did a woman tell Rill and the children to do?

4. In Chapter 1, who is Avery and what is background and career?

5. In Chapter 10, who did Rill see come into the room where she and her siblings were sleeping, and what did he do?

6. In Chapter 7, how does Avery remember that her parents met?

7. In Chapter 10, where were Rill and her siblings sleeping and what was it like?

8. What happens when Avery tries to intimidate Trent into giving her the envelope at the end of Chapter 11?

9. Who was the boy with Zede in Chapter 6, and what was he like?

10. In the Prelude, how is the woman described who had a still birth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Avery thinks of a phrase “Life can turn on a dime” (95) to describe how her life and her grandmother’s life have changed over the past year. What does the phrase mean? What is revealed about life through the phrase? What does the phrase reveal about change?

Essay Topic 2

May used an analogy to describe life and the various stages of life as different types of music for dancing. What was the analogy that May used to compare music and life? How did she learn to find the music in her life? Why was it important to dance to the right music at various times of a person’s life?

Essay Topic 3

Avery is jealous when she watches people enjoying themselves on Edisto Island. What does Avery realize about choices and time when she is on Edisto Island? What conclusion does she come to about choices and time? Do choices affect the time a person has or does time affect the choices a person makes?

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