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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. How does Bluey die?

2. In Chapter 11, what color scarf does Margery get for Fred as a gift from the librarians?

3. In Chapter 6, how old was Margery?

4. What time did Alice usually arrive at the library each morning in Chapter 2?

5. How old was Mae Horner's mother when she learned to read?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what does Van Cleve do to hurt Margery?

2. In Chapter 10, why does Margery ask Sven to come be with her?

3. How did Alice persuade her father-in-law that she should help with the traveling library in Chapter 2?

4. Why was a town meeting held in Chapter 8?

5. How did Margery learn to read?

6. In Chapter 5, how was Izzy doing as a librarian?

7. In Chapter 12, who steps up to help the librarians and why?

8. In Chapter 8, what did Garrett's mother say to Alice at Garrett's wake?

9. What does Margery tell Alice about a man hitting a woman in Chapter 12?

10. In Chapter 11, what did Van Cleve do to Alice and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alice and Fred begin to care for one another. Why does Fred ask Alice to observe fireflies with him? What do fireflies symbolize about their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the novel and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

Pastor McIntosh comes to talk with Alice about returning to the Van Cleve’s home. What does the conversation reveal about hypocrisy? Are McIntosh and Van Cleve hypocrites?

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