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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 is Haskell doing for Cordelia?

2. What does Julie secretly think?

3. What does Julie assume Aunt Cordelia feels?

4. Who else comes for a summer visit?

5. What makes Julie start thinking of staying with Aunt Cordelia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ends Brett and Julie's relationship and what does Brett do?

2. What does Julie hear about her and being raised by Aunt Cordelia?

3. What happens to Uncle Haskell's and Katy's relationship?

4. How does Julie feel about Alicia when she first dates her father and how does she end up feeling?

5. Why is Julie happy the summer between her junior and senior year?

6. What does Julie's family do about Julie's sadness?

7. How does Julie handle being hurt by what she thinks is Aunt Cordelia's rejection?

8. Why does Uncle Haskell come yelling for Aunt Cordelia one night?

9. How does Julie's luck with boys change in her junior year and how does her family feel about it?

10. How does Katy's story end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Julie tells Brett about the meeting she had had with Alicia and tells Brett that she cannot help him with his homework any longer. Brett's temper explodes at this denial, and rising to go, he tries to coerce Julie to walk with him in the woods.

1. Discuss, with examples, why you think Brett was angry at Julie's refusal.

2. Do you think Brett had a good reason for getting angry? Why or why not?

3. Do you think Brett might be dating Julie only for getting help with his homework? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Before the end of the summer, Julie and Chris stumble onto Uncle Haskell's activities involving his golf bag. Following Uncle Haskell into the woods one night, Julie and Chris watch Uncle Haskell retrieve a spade from his bag. Thinking that Uncle Haskell is probably burying all sorts of dead creatures in the woods, Julie and Chris unearth some of the little graves the next day only to discover empty whiskey bottles.

1. Why do you think Uncle Haskell buries his empty whiskey bottles? Use examples from the book and your experience to support your answer.

2. After researching intervention with alcoholics explain why you think the family should or shouldn't do one on Uncle Haskell.

3. Do you think it was wrong of Chris and Julie to follow their Uncle Haskell? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses the literary technique of irony in this chapter when presenting the sad state of Aggie's death. Ironically, only after her death does Aggie receive the tender washing and bodily care she desperately needed when she was alive.

1. With research, give an explanation of the irony about Aggie's death, including a brief definition of irony.

2. Why do you think an author would use irony in a story?

3. Describe an ironic event you've been in or have heard about.

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