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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 does Sophie do while Otto visits the ASPCA?

2. What part of town does Sophie think is rather ugly?

3. How many people permanently live in Flynders?

4. What is the man in Otto's front yard doing?

5. How many people live in Flynders in the summer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mr. Haynes? How is his home described?

2. How did Otto find out about Sophie and Charlie going out? What is his response to this?

3. What did Sophie dream about after the cat is captured?

4. What does Otto feel determined to do after the hospital visit and why?

5. How did the Bentwoods catch the cat?

6. Who is Tom? Why does he say the Bentwoods are lucky?

7. What does Claire tell Sophie she and Leon do when he stays over?

8. What caused the split in the business partnership between Charlie and Otto?

9. Whom does Sophie call after leaving Claire's house and before going to her own?

10. Why does Sophie realize Charlie spoke to her instead of to Otto?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Courage and fear are two attributes that are seen a number of times in this book. Where do they appear? How does the presence of these feelings change the characters who are involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Security and safety are two themes that are touched on a number of times throughout the course of this book. What are some of these instances? How does this affect the characters in these scenes?

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship between the Bentwoods change throughout the course of the plot? How do these changes affect the characters around them?

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