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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 do Arthur and Lucille eat all of, in Section 3?

2. What did Maddy tell her father when she was 4?

3. What does Arthur realize about himself since Maddy has come to live with him in Section 4?

4. Who is Rhonda?

5. What color is Maddy's room at Arthur's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe Lucille and Maddy's relationship in Section 4?

2. What does Arthur say to Lucille to keep her calm in her driveway in Section 3?

3. What is the importance of the dollhouse furniture in Section 4?

4. What happens when Anderson comes to Arthur's house in Section 4?

5. How does Lucille feel about Maddy once she meets her in Section 3?

6. How does Lucille's first baking class go in Section 3?

7. What does Lucille admit to Arthur that she did the day after Frank died, in Section 3?

8. In Section 4, Lucille is exploring the idea of selling her house. What is her experience with her realtor?

9. What does Arthur tell Maddy about the Guthries in Section 4?

10. What happens when Lucille returns from the hospital in Section 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Arthur and Maddy change one another throughout the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the character of Anderson. In what ways is his treatment of Maddy abusive? What impact does he have on the development of her character?

Essay Topic 3

In Section 4, Arthur says, "But the longer I live, the more I come to see that love is not so easy for everyone. It can get awfully complicated. It can make us do good things and it can make us do bad things too" (158-159). How do these lines apply to the different characters in the novel?

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