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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 the name of the man who comes into Trent's real estate office in Chapter 11?

2. Where has Grandma Judy gone to church all her life?

3. In Chapter 1, when is the Stafford family having their Christmas photograph taken?

4. In Chapter 6 when Lark slips off and falls asleep in a clearing by a creek, how long does it take her family to find her?

5. Where did Avery's parents meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, why does the nursing home contact Leslie, Wells Stafford's press secretary?

2. At the end of Chapter 10, what did Rill do when a big red-headed boy told her to come with him?

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 5, what photo does Avery see in May Crandall's room, and why does the photograph interest her?

7. In Chapter 1, when Avery is at a nursing home with her father, what encounter does she have with a woman named May Crandall?

8. In Chapter 4, who came with Briny to help get Queenie to the hospital?

9. In Chapter 9, why has Honeybee asked the Monday Girls to not visit Grandma Judy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Journalists use a photo of Wells and his mother for a story on nursing home scandals. Why does Leslie tell Avery that the use of the photo is politics and sensationalism? What subjects does Avery believe should not be discussed in the press? Why does Avery think that some subjects should be taboo even if a person is a politician? How does politics lead to sensationalism and lack of privacy for public figures like Wells?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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