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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 does Miah find in the living room of his father's home in Chapter 12?
2. How does Marion find out that Ellie had skipped math class?
3. What brings Ellie to Brooklyn for the first time with Miah?
4. There is no reason for what kind of love, according to Anne?
5. What is the first type of love Anne describes which she compares to investing in the stock market?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ellie feel about her mother learning about a boy in Ellie's life from Anne?
2. How does Miah's father respond when Miah tells him he spends his weekends in Manhattan with his Percy friends?
3. What does Miah's father say happened to his relationship with Nelia?
4. How does Miah get out of having to spend time with his father's friends?
5. About what does Miah think while he is in his room at his father's home?
6. What leads to Ellie and Miah cutting class and heading to Central Park?
7. How does Ellie react when her mother finds out she skipped math class?
8. How does Ellie resond to Miah's request she come for dinner after practice?
9. How does Ellie feel when she finds Jeremiah in the hallway?
10. How does Ellie react to her mother's conversation with her sister Susan?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
This novel is a tragedy much like “Romeo and Juliet” and “West Side Story.” Were you aware of this as you read the novel? Why or why not? Were you surprised when Miah was killed? Why or why not? Are you satisfied with this novel as a modern take on a classic tale? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
If You Come Softly is a coming-of-age story. How does the reader know this? How does the growing up of the two main characters compare to the average teen? Explain. How can teenagers, and adults as well, relate to the maturity of the main characters and loss of the naiveté of childhood?
Essay Topic 3
How does Jeremiah die? How is this relevant to today? Could his death have been prevented? Why or why not?
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