View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Morrill put in Greta's pail?

2. What does Retha get for Greta?

3. How long does it seem to Greta since she last saw Retha?

4. What does Greta wave at the old man?

5. How does Mr. Morrill describe Ann?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Greta do on the first foggy Saturday to ensure she is able to go out?

2. What is the significance of the salt spoon?

3. Who is Earl Frosst?

4. How does Laura describe Greta's fascination with the fog?

5. Why does Greta find the sound of horses' hooves so strange?

6. What does the lady tell Greta about the two boulders?

7. Why is the Tollerton significant in this chapter?

8. What is wrong with Anthony?

9. Why is there no graveyard in Blue Cove?

10. Where does Mr. Morrill get the items that he gives to his family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although Greta was able to tell the people of Blue Cove that Ann's skeleton was found by the bottomless lake, the men of Blue Cove are still not able to find Ann when they go out looking for her. Why do you believe Ann was never found? What might have happened if she were found?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the fog in this story? For example, how does fog affect the people of Little Valley? How does it affect Greta? What happens when it becomes foggy?

Essay Topic 3

What clues are there in the book that the Morrills were part of the Blue Cove that Greta's father knew as well as the one that Greta knew?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 730 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample