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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 pets do the Bedloes have?

2. In Chapter Two, who changes Daphne's diaper while she is still in the crib?

3. What does Ian envy about the man he meets on his job who is installing cabinets?

4. What does Doug Bedloe teach at the high school?

5. Who stays at Claudia's birthday party for only a few minutes before leaving with some friends from college?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ian end up taking care of the children when he comes home for Lucy's funeral?

2. Why are all the kids at Camp Second Chance terrified of Sister Audrey?

3. How does Ian show himself to be a hero at the Church of the Second Chance indoor picnic?

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

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

6. How did Danny and Lucy meet?

7. Describe the way things have changed in the Bedloe household by the Christmas after Lucy death.

8. What is the setting for the Church's indoor picnic?

9. How does Agatha try to comfort Thomas?

10. Describe Waverly Street.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Danny find appealing about Lucy? How does she change his life? Provide specific textual examples to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What kind of person is Agatha? Do you think she had a difficult life, and how did her life shape her as a person?

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