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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 is an antebellum home?

2. What volume of the Encyclopedia Brittanica does Lynn own?

3. How old does Katie want to be when she meets her imaginary boyfriend?

4. What do Lynn's parents do for a living?

5. What does Mother find when she returns home from work with Katie and Sammy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Katie say she would change about the plant if she owned it, and why?

2. What happens when Uncle Katsu challenges Lynn to a game of chess?

3. What does Silly do in order to spend more time with Katie?

4. What happens when a dog attacks Katie and Lynn when they are young?

5. What happens when Mother comes home from work with Katie and Sammy?

6. What does Lynn write about in her journal?

7. What happens to Lynn when Katie is 10-and-a-half-years old?

8. How do the nurses act when Mother has another baby?

9. What do Katie and Lynn do while waiting in the car in St. Louis?

10. What does Silly say that makes Katie feel guilty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who are the characters most affected by this theme, and how do they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Courage and fear were two attributes that were seen a number of times in this book. Where do they appear, and how does the presence of these feelings change the characters who are involved in those scenes?

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