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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. In Chapter 24, what does Lady Thorton want Miss Smith to sew?

2. In Chapter 26, how long is it until Christmas?

3. In Chapter 28, what day of the week does Ada ask Susan to teach her to read?

4. In Chapter 37, what does Susan say that her mother ironed?

5. What does Susan try to give Jamie before he leaves in Chapter 41?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ada get hurt when she tries to untack Butter in Chapter 41?

2. How do Ada, Jamie, and Susan decorate their Christmas tree?

3. How does Ada describe the ocean when she sees it in Chapter 22?

4. Why are the village children evacuated in Chapter 37?

5. In Chapter 36, how does Ada help the soldiers and who helps her?

6. What does Dr. Graham tell Ada about the operation she might have to fix her foot?

7. How do Jamie, Ada, and Susan spend their nights in the shelter in Chapter 39?

8. What alarms Ada at the beginning of winter in Chapter 28?

9. What does Ada see from the hill in Chapter 39?

10. What are some good things that Ada remembers about living with her mother in Chapter 26?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The title of the book indicates that the war saved Ada’s life. How did the war save Ada’s life?

Essay Topic 2

Susan tells the children that they saved her life. How do the children save Susan’s life emotionally and physically?

Essay Topic 3

Both Ada and Miss Smith have handicaps. What handicaps do they both have, and how do those handicaps affect their lives and how they respond to life?

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