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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. Katie wonders if Daniel has found ____________________.

2. Why did Luke rebuff the sexual advances?

3. How does Matt view the charity given to the Morrison children?

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

5. Why does Matt take Katie and their younger sister to the ponds?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Katie remember about writing letters to Aunt Annie?

3. In present day, what does Katie wonder about regarding Calvin Pye?

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

5. What ugly secret about the Pye family do the people of Crow Lake choose to ignore?

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

7. How does the author show the nobility of Luke's character?

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

9. How did Mr. and Mrs. Morrison deal with their emotions over Luke's happy news?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 2

The author begins the story in the present day and tells the story through a series of flashbacks. Why did she choose to tell her story this way? In what way is a flashback technique more interesting for a reader? In what ways is it more complicated?

Essay Topic 3

Survival seems to be almost an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is the sense of survival? Why does it have such a prevalent place in the characters' lives? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

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