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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. In what month does Aunt Annie leave the Morrison children?

2. As a child, Katie often wrote letters to __________________.

3. Katie recalls a day in _______________ when she was a girl.

4. Grandmother Morrison recognized the importance of __________________.

5. Why did Calvin Pye live with his father for so long?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of work is Luke able to find in order to support the family?

2. Which relative comes to stay with the Morrison children after the deaths of their parents?

3. What does Katie tell Daniel when he asks to know more about her family?

4. Why did the Vernon sisters not marry the Pye brothers and what eventually happened to Henry and Calvin?

5. What arrangements are made for the Morrison children after a meeting with the family lawyer?

6. What is Mary Lawson's nationality, and how does she write about her native country?

7. What does Katie recall about a visit Miss Carrington made to the house to talk with Luke one day?

8. What does Katie recall about Laurie Pye's fight in school and what does she wish had happened differently?

9. What does Katie recall about the days after her parents' deaths?

10. What are Matt's thoughts regarding the neighbors bringing food and other items to the Morrison kids?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A sub-plot of the story is the abusive relationships between the Pye fathers and sons. What is the ideal father and son relationship? Define the relationship between the Pye fathers and their sons. Why are they so combative? What long-term effect did the relationships have on their lives?

Essay Topic 2

Katie spends some alone time throughout the novel to contemplate her life. What does she think about? What conclusions does she arrive at? Explain why she is in a contemplative mood at this point in time.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Lawson's writing style. How is she different from other writers of her time? What are some of her characteristic writing techniques? Identify some examples of her style in CROW LAKE.

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