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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what country is the story set?
2. Because Katie is always reluctant to talk about her past, Daniel claims that she _______________________.
3. Which of the following were NOT neighbors of the Morrison family?
4. Where do Aunt Annie and Luke go to a meeting in town?
5. Who is the only person who noticed marks on Laurie Pye's back during the fight with the bully?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author show the nobility of Luke's character?
2. What does Katie recall about Laurie Pye's fight in school and what does she wish had happened differently?
3. What does Katie recall about seeing Laurie Pye outside their home one night?
4. What ugly secret about the Pye family do the people of Crow Lake choose to ignore?
5. Why is Katie so worried that Daniel has found the invitation to Simon's birthday party?
6. What does Katie recall about a fight between Laurie Pye and a school bully one day?
7. Why is Katie's reluctance to talk about her family a source of tension between Daniel and her?
8. How does the author set up a subtle conflict related to Grandmother Morrison and how it will extend to affect Katie and Matt someday.
9. Who is Marie Pye and why is Katie annoyed with her?
10. What does Katie recall about a visit Miss Carrington made to the house to talk with Luke one day?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Describe the setting of the novel. Does the author paint a complete picture for the reader? What, if anything, is missing?
Essay Topic 3
Lawson uses beautifully descriptive language in the book to help her readers see her world from her perspective. Without referring to the book, describe Crow Lake using only your recall of Lawson's descriptions. How do you visualize the Crow Lake and Ontario now that you have read Lawson's CROW LAKE?
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