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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. At the beginning of Chapter 1, where is Milly?

2. How much does Jonah pay for the ferry in Chapter 3?

3. What type of house do the Baxters have?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what sport is Aubrey participating in?

5. How old was Milly when her uncle Adam's family moved to Oregon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Milly dress for a visit to Donald Camden's office and why?

2. How does Allison bribe Milly into going to Gull Cove Island for the summer?

3. How has Allison felt since her father died?

4. What does Donald Camden want the cousins to do instead of working at the resort, and what does Milly think of the offer?

5. How did Allison and her three brothers grow up, and why are they estranged from their mother?

6. In Chapter 2, when is the last time that Aubrey saw any of her Story relatives, and how does she describe the visit?

7. How does the band end their set at Dunes, and what does Milly realize?

8. What does Milly learn about Jonah?

9. What does Catmint House look like from the outside?

10. What event does Mildred invite her grandchildren to, and what are they to wear?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Milly, Jonah, and Aubrey receive an invitation to work at Gull Cove Resort. What reservations do they have about accepting the invitation? What do they finally decide about whether to accept the job offer or not, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Milly makes a comment to Aubrey that the "Story family is seriously messed up" (109). Why does Milly make that comment? What do other characters say about the family and whether it is normal or abnormal? Is the family eccentric of dysfunctional?

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