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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 "Sunrise," who does Jenny say gave Nana Jean a shiner worse than hers?

2. Where does June remember that her father fell asleep in "Golden Boy"?

3. In "Resurrection," what hospital is Angela taken to?

4. What does Nana Jean do after lunch in "A Choir of Crows"?

5. In "Masks," what does Toby threaten to do if Angela does not eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does June do with her mother's dirty clothes, and who helps her?

2. In "Kitchen Songs," how does June feel as she walks down Trowbridge Road?

3. Why does June think that Nana Jean sits in silence with her after breakfast in "Summer Baskets"?

4. In "Summer Baskets," what does Jenny reveal in her prayer?

5. How does June fall asleep at the end of "Golden Boy"?

6. What is make-believe?

7. What does Jenny decide to do in "Something New"?

8. When June and Ziggy are found, what does June learn about the cause of the smokey smell?

9. What does June dream in "A Choir of Crows"?

10. How do Buzz and John-John come and bother Ziggy and June, and how does she stop them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ziggy goes to live with his grandmother. Why does Ziggy go to live with his grandmother? Why does his mother not take care of him?

Essay Topic 2

Ziggy misses his mother when he is at Nana Jean’s. How often does Jenny come to visit Ziggy? What type of relationship do they have? What does their relationship convey about love?

Essay Topic 3

An epiphany is a realization that can be enlightening and help solve a situation or problem. What epiphany does June have about mother-daughter relationships? How does the epiphany help her better understand her mother and their relationship?

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