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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. With what flower does Mrs. Morrill make a bouquet?

2. How does Greta feel about Mrs. Trask?

3. What does Greta watch for the next morning?

4. What does Cynthia Blackthorn bring Mrs. Stanton?

5. What does Mrs. Morehouse ask Mrs. Stanton to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the ladies find Greta's comment about the Duke of Kent surprising?

2. What does Greta's father tell her about the kitten?

3. What does Retha think about Anthony?

4. What is the time comparison like between Little Valley and Blue Cove?

5. What is Mrs. Stanton thinking about when she walks into the room of ladies wearing her wedding dress?

6. How does Christine describe her feelings about her twelfth birthday to Greta?

7. What does Greta have planned for Wisp and her kittens?

8. Why does Greta think her father knew Blue Cove the way she knows it?

9. What does Mrs. Stanton take with her to Halifax?

10. Describe Anthony's appearance when Captain Cheney finds him.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you believe that Greta was able to take the kitten back to her own time with her when she was not able to take the slice of strawberry pie with her? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Anthony's role in the novel. Do you believe he was able to talk? Why or why not?

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