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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. What game do Liz, Willa Jo and Little Sister play when Liz comes to visit?

2. To avoid embarrassment, Aunt Patty tells other people that she sent the girls up to the roof to ___________________.

3. What did Uncle Hob learn a long time ago about Aunt Patty?

4. What does Aunt Patty threaten to do if the girls won't come down off the roof?

5. What did Willa Jo, Little Sister and their mother do after Baby's death to seem less lonely?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Aunt Patty threaten to call if the girls won't come down from the roof and how does Willa Jo stonewall her?

2. Who is Cynthia Wainwright and how do the girls meet her?

3. Who is Miss Pettibone and why is she irritated with Little Sister?

4. Explain how Aunt Patty's control issues frustrate her regarding the girls.

5. What are some of the rules that Aunt Patty has in her house?

6. How does Miss Pettibone show that she has a sarcastic nature?

7. 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?

8. Why is Willa Jo especially sensitive about keeping Little Sister safe?

9. Why is Willa Jo envious of the relationship Liz has with her mother?

10. How does Willa Jo override Miss Pettibone's authority by removing Little Sister from the threat of ticks during lunchtime?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does the author use the setting she does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Liz. What is her role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by developing Liz's character in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Aunt Patty. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were her dreams and fears? What was most valuable to her in her world?

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