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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. Where is Retha?

2. What does Greta's father say when she tells him she must go back for her sweater?

3. What does Mrs. Morrill ask Greta?

4. What is the first thing that Mrs. Stanton tells the duke?

5. Who is with the crowd?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Mrs. Stanton come to Little Valley?

2. How does Retha's mother respond when Retha asks about Greta?

3. How do the ladies make Mrs. Stanton's appearance in her dress special?

4. What does Greta's father say when she asks him if there will be any more heavy fogs soon?

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

6. How do the men on the Emmeretta require the captain's body to be taken back to Blue Cove?

7. What seems to be the significance of Greta turning twelve?

8. Describe the Morrill's dinner table.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What hints does the author give that Greta's father had similar experiences in Blue Cove as Greta has had?

Essay Topic 2

When Greta first meets Retha's father, he cautions her to be very careful while she is in Blue Cove. Why is it so important that Greta not be hurt while she is in Blue Cove?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of the silver salt spoon. Where did the Morrills find it? Where did Greta find it?

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