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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 does Lynn's mother use to check for breath in Lynn?

2. What does Katie do some mornings to keep herself going?

3. What does Lynn do with the milk and water that Katie brings her one night?

4. What does Katie's mother lecture her about on her birthday?

5. What comes in the room on New Year's night when Katie opens the window for Lynn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What color is the house Lynn picks out, and why does she choose this house?

2. What does Katie do after she finds out what is really wrong with Lynn?

3. What does Katie steal from the hatchery, and what does she do with what she steals?

4. How do Sammy and Lynn look as Hank drives them to the hospital?

5. What does Katie do when she hears that Amber is not friends with Lynn anymore?

6. How much money are Katie and Lynn able to save for their house, and what does their mother do when they show her?

7. What does Katie do on her eleventh birthday?

8. How does Sammy get hurt while on the picnic?

9. What happens at the funeral that makes Katie fearful?

10. What happens when Uncle Katsu gets the truck stuck on a cliff?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the relationship between Lynn and Katie change throughout the course of the plot, and how do these changes affect the characters around them?

Essay Topic 2

Katie endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does she learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 3

Love was a very important theme and motivating factor in this book. Which characters are most affected by this theme? Which relationships are the most significant to the plot, and why?

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