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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 Cordelia's father squelch rumors about Jonathan and Cordelia when she is tutoring him?

2. When does Julie feel close to her mother again?

3. What enlivens Mrs. Eltwing?

4. When is the next time Julie sees Laura after Laura's marriage?

5. Of what is Julie not convinced?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Julie feel vulnerable when she gets up after her mother's funeral?

2. Who does Julie meet as the novel opens and why hasn't she seen them for awhile?

3. What do most of the people notice about Jonathan's wife?

4. How does Aunt Cordelia make her money and what else does she do?

5. What does Jonathan say about Julie and how does she feel about it?

6. What is announced a few weeks after the children discover Uncle Haskell's secret?

7. How does Uncle Haskell help Julie with her loneliness after Chris leaves?

8. Where does Julie go and what does she do after she is chastised by Aunt Cordelia over hitting Danny?

9. Why did Aunt Cordelia decide to host a birthday party for Julie?

10. What does Aunt Cordelia try to do for the Kilpin family and how does she feel when she returns home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Carlotta thinks that Julie's decision to live at Aunt Cordelia's house during her high school years is a sign of madness, because no boy will want to drive out to the country to pick up Julie for dates. If the distance from town were not enough of a deterrent, surely no boy would want to encounter Aunt Cordelia if he did not have to.

1. Do you that Carlotta is correct? Why or why not?

2. Do you think Julie should make a decision as to where to live based on whether she will find boys to date? Why or why not?

3. Explain what you would do in Julie's situation.

Essay Topic 2

Julie experiences not only Chris' departure for boarding school but also Laura's marriage to Bill.

1. What effect do you think these types of events would have on a young girl? Use examples from the book and your experience to support your answer.

2. What do you think a person can do to adjust to changes in their life? Use examples from the book and your experience to support your answer.

3. Do you think it was fair to Julie for the family to send Chris off to school? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your experience to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

After almost two miserable months, Julie wakes one day with the realization that she has finally dismissed Brett from her mind and for the first time in a long time she is happy and peaceful.

1. Why do you think Julie was happy once she finally let go of Brett?

2. Some say that the only way to be happy in the present is to let go of the past. What do you think this means? Do you believe it is true? Why or why not?

3. What are some of the problems a person encounters after breaking up with a boy/girl friend?

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