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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 is watching her relative's large horse farm where the Church has an indoor picnic?

2. Who is the only person who knows how guilty Ian feels about Danny's death?

3. What does Bee think her family has turned into now that Danny is gone?

4. Who wears a stiff white shirt and black pants to the Day Camp?

5. What does Agatha tell Ian to do when he tries to stop Daphne from crying in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Thomas follow the rule of not eating sugar so that he will be considered a good Christian?

2. What does Doug Bedloe do to find Agatha and Thomas' father?

3. Why does Lucy visit the typewriter shop?

4. How does Claudia try to help her mother?

5. Explain how Reverend Emmett founded The Church of the Second Chance.

6. How do Ian's suspicions about Lucy's behavior influence Danny's death?

7. What reasons does Bee give for why the Bedloe family is ordinary?

8. How does Agatha try to comfort Thomas?

9. Why is Doug Bedloe bored with retirement?

10. Do Agatha and Thomas like Ian? Why or why not?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bee says "We've had such extraordinary troubles...and somehow they've turned us ordinary. That's what so hard to figure. We're not a special family anymore." Discuss how Bee saw her family as special before Danny's death, and why she believes they are ordinary afterwards. Do you agree or disagree with Bee's comment? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Doug Bedloe's role in the family. Do you think he is a character who sits on the sidelines of his family's life? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Ian describes Daphne as a fierce little girl who had to fend for herself as a child. Discuss how this is reflected in Daphne's desire to take chances and live fully as a young woman.

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