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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thora K request while dragging out the mirror in Part 1 Chapter 19?
(a) For Shay to warn them if there is a epidemic or natural disaster coming.
(b) For Shay to warn them if anything might happen to Roosevelt.
(c) For Shay to throw the mirror away.
(d) For Shay to look in the mirror and get excited.

2. Who is Joshua?
(a) Brandy's brother.
(b) Brandy's cousin.
(c) Brandy's nephew.
(d) Brandy's uncle.

3. What does Shay ridicule Corbin about in Part 1 Chapter 6?
(a) Giving a gift to a prostitute.
(b) His accent.
(c) His bad attitude about attending church.
(d) His strange attire.

4. What does Corbin give Thora K as a gift in Part 1 Chapter 8?
(a) A box of chocolates.
(b) A larger bed.
(c) A sweater.
(d) An icebox.

5. What does Dr. Seaton tell Shay following childbirth?
(a) Her baby is healthy.
(b) She may never have another child.
(c) She will not live through the night.
(d) She should give the baby up for adoption.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excites Thora K but depresses Shay in Part 1 Chapter 19?

2. Who does Corbin ask Shay to have nothing to do with in Part 1 Chapter 12?

3. What does Shay think about Corbin after his death?

4. What does Shay have a vision of at May Bell's in Part 1 Chapter 18?

5. What does Shay inadvertently reveal to Thora K in Part 1 Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shay and her family feel about her impending nuptials in Part I Chapter 2?

2. What does Shay decide to write down in Part I Chapter 14?

3. Where does Hutch take Shay in Part I Chapter 20?

4. What information does Dr.Seaton give in Part I Chapter 8 and 9?

5. What does the reader learn of the history of the mirror in Backward?

6. Describe Corbin's cabin and Thora, who Shay meets at the cabin.

7. How does Corbin react to Brandy's strange behavior?

8. What does Shay learn about the Maddon twins in Part I Chapter 11?

9. What duties is Shay responsible for at the cabin in Part I Chapter 9?

10. What does Shay reveal to Thora K in Part I Chapter 17?

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