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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 Joe do when Ginny asks for his jacket?

2. What is the title of Chapter 15?

3. What is the name of Tony's mother?

4. What is the name of Tony's father?

5. What famous artist also painted his own mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ginny get angry when she goes to see Helen?

2. What does the Death of Colonel Paul painting symbolize?

3. What does Ginny think Joe's jacket means?

4. Why does Ginny feel a connection with Helen?

5. Why is it ironic that Ginny tells lies to get into the art gallery?

6. What does Ginny's father tell her about his own childhood?

7. In what way does Ginny's argument with Robert improve her relationship with him?

8. What does Helen confide to Ginny?

9. Why is painting the broken bridge so important to Ginny?

10. What important information does Ginny find out in a magazine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Ginny remember about her childhood? How have these events from Ginny's childhood affected her? How does Ginny recover from the traumas of her early years?

Essay Topic 2

How does Ginny use art to cope with her problems? How does Ginny's idea art develop through the book and what does this symbolize in terms of her own character and what she has learned?

Essay Topic 3

Pick two characters from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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