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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. Who is with Willa Jo when watching the sunrise?
2. What does Aunt Patty tell Willa Jo about Liz?
3. What profession did Willa Jo's father, grandfathers and great-grandfathers have?
4. Why does Aunt Patty not want Willa Jo and Little Sister to play with the family across the street?
5. Willa Jo and Little Sister are most worried about ___________________.
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Willa Jo doing at the beginning of the book which irritates and frustrates her Aunt Patty?
2. What is revealed about the time surrounding Baby's death which explains why Willa Jo and Little Sister want to sit on the roof at Aunt Patty's house?
3. Describe how Cynthia Wainwright antagonizes the girls when she comes for a visit.
4. Why does Willa Jo resent Uncle Hob's response to the girls' new clothes and why does Willa Jo think that Aunt Patty doesn't know much about children?
5. Who is Cynthia Wainwright and how do the girls meet her?
6. Why are Aunt Patty's pleas for the girls to come down off the roof futile?
7. Why is Willa Jo especially sensitive about keeping Little Sister safe?
8. Who does Aunt Patty threaten to call if the girls won't come down from the roof and how does Willa Jo stonewall her?
9. Who is Miss Pettibone and why is she irritated with Little Sister?
10. Why is Willa Jo envious of the relationship Liz has with her mother?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Audrey Couloumbis is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphor, and irony, and briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.
Essay Topic 2
Describe Milly. What is her role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by developing Milly's character in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the lives of Willa Jo and Liz. How are their circumstances similar? In what ways are their lives different? What draws them together to make them friends? What could have threatened to kill a friendship even before it began?
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