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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 48, who tells Kya that Chase has died?

2. In Chapter 38, who wonders if she can stay on the jury panel because she knew Kya?

3. In Chapter 35, how long after Jodie's visit is The Eastern Seacoast Birds book published?

4. In Chapter 24, what does Kya call one of the gulls?

5. In Chapter 27, where does Chase take Kya?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 39, what happens when Chase comes looking for Kya?

2. In Chapter 32, who is willing to give Kya an alibi and why?

3. In Chapter 36, how does the sheriff find a motive for Kya to have killed Chase?

4. In Chapter 27, what is the motel room like that Chase takes Kya to in Asheville?

5. In Chapter 26, what is Tate doing when Kya sees him?

6. In Chapter 48, how does Kya make her trip to Greenville and what does she take with her?

7. In Chapter 31, how does Kya get the title to her land?

8. In Chapter 42, what is the county jail like?

9. In Chapters 28, what does Hal Miller, a shrimper, tell the sheriff and his deputy?

10. In Chapter 24, what does Kya see from the fire tower, and what does she think of the view?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

All her life Kya experiences prejudice. What prejudice does Kya endure? How does the prejudice affect her life? How and why does the trial increase and then lessen the prejudice that people feel toward Kya?

Essay Topic 2

Kya’s father abandons her when she is ten. How would you describe the relationship that Kya had with her father before other family members left? How does Kya learn to live with her father? What longings does her relationship with her father fulfill for Kya? How is she affected when she realizes that he is gone for good?

Essay Topic 3

Kya is left to survive on her own when she is ten. How has Kya been taking care of herself since her mother left? How does her father’s abandonment cause challenges for Kya’s survival? What is learned about self-sufficiency through the ways that Kya finds to take care of herself when she is left alone?

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