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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 risks does Dr. Summer take when talking with Hatter?

2. Why is it thought that putting the girls in the "dog house" is an effective punishment?

3. What time does Dr. Summer return to the Reformatory?

4. What does Dr. Summer request for Hatter after lunchtime?

5. Why is Hatter restrained in her cell?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what perspective is Hatter Fox told? What does this mean for the reader?

2. Why is Hatter lying under her blanket in her cell? What does this demonstrate about her personality?

3. What evidence does the reader have that Hatter Fox is clever and strong? Is there evidence that she is criminal and hopeless?

4. What does Hatter's tale of the old woman ghost demonstrate to Dr. Summer?

5. How does Dr. Summer react to Hatter's death?

6. Why does Rhinehart tell Hatter the story about the witch? What purpose does it serve?

7. Why does Dr. Summer choose to leave the Reformatory?

8. What evidence does Dr. Summer have that Hatter has been sexually abused? Based on what you have read in the book, is it reasonable to think Claude is the culprit?

9. How does Dr. Summer learn about Hatter Fox? What does Dr. Summer think of her initially?

10. What happens to break Hatter's calm demeanor and the pleasant mood during Christmas Eve dinner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens when Hatter starts eating her meals in the cafeteria with the other girls? How does this impact Hatter? Dr. Summer?

Essay Topic 2

What impact does finding Hatter in the "dog house" at the State Reformatory have on Dr. Summer? What reasons is Dr. Summer given for this treatment? In Dr. Summer's opinion, does the punishment fit the crime?

Essay Topic 3

How does Hatter's death at the end of the book impact Dr. Summer? Based on the progression of both characters through the book, is this reaction a surprise? Why or why not?

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