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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. How many times does Mrs. Kinsella brush the narrator's hair before bed in Chapter 3?

2. Where does Mr. Kinsella want to go to get the narrator clothes in Chapter 5?

3. What color dress does Mrs. Kinsella buy the narrator?

4. In Chapter 3, what does Mrs. Kinsella send the narrator to the vegetable garden to pull?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does the narrator feel when she wakes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clothes does Mrs. Kinsella buy the narrator in Gorey?

2. What card does the narrator pick out at a gift gallery and why?

3. In Chapter 5, what does Mr. Kinsella tell the narrator to do before they go to town, and what does she think about what he says?

4. In Chapter 3, what does the narrator notice on the news?

5. One evening after the narrator is in bed, what happens when it is noisy in Chapter 4, and Mrs. Kinsella brings the narrator downstairs?

6. At the beginning of Chapter 4, how does the narrator describe a typical day?

7. What does Mrs. Kinsella fix for breakfast in Chapter 3?

8. How does the narrator call Mr. Kinsella in Chapter 3, and how does he react?

9. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator keep waiting for?

10. What can the narrator hear sometimes after she is in bed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Keegan reveals the narrator’s life during a pivotal time. How do the events in Foster help the narrator mature and grow in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator and Mrs. Kinsella have a conversation about secrets. Why is it important to Mrs. Kinsella that there be no secrets at her home? What experiences has the narrator had that help her understand the connection Mrs. Kinsella makes between secrets and shame?

Essay Topic 3

The Kinsellas seem to balance one another. How would you describe the relationship the Kinsellas have? What is conveyed about marriage as a partnership through their relationship?

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