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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 white lie does Ellie tell her mother about why she will be home late in Chapter 20?
2. What is Miah's father's response when Miah asks him if he thinks that maybe there is at least one white person who is different?
3. What is the kind of love that Anne describes which is when two people love each other early on but no longer do but stay together because they do not know how to be with anyone else?
4. How does Ellie explain to her mother that her skipping class was not the worst thing she could do?
5. Jeremiah and Ellie have a deep conversation about showing what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ellie react to her mother's conversation with her sister Susan?
2. How does Chapter 14 end?
3. How does Ellie resond to Miah's request she come for dinner after practice?
4. On the drive to East Hampton, what does Miah's father have to say about white people?
5. How does Miah find his father, when he enters the living room?
6. How does Miah get out of having to spend time with his father's friends?
7. Why does Marion think Ellie skipped class?
8. How does Miah suggest he and Ellie deal with the negative attitudes of others towards them?
9. What does Miah's father say happened to his relationship with Nelia?
10. What are the types of love Anne describes to Ellie?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Early in the story Miah says he does not fit in, as he is Black but worldly. How does the story reveal that Miah’s father is in much the same way an outsider? What other characters do not fit the typical mold? How does this affect them? How do they deal with this? What is the author’s purpose for creating these unique characters?
Essay Topic 3
Loneliness is a central idea in If You Come Softly. What has led to this feeling of loneliness? What is the balm for this pain? How does this influence the relationship between Ellie and Miah?
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