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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. Christine and her friends watch what show on the TV set at the Teen Snack Bar?

2. What does Christine's best friend give her as she leaves Seattle?

3. What is Evelyn's job at the state park?

4. Lee sends Christine a picture of him from where?

5. What is the name of the town holding the Indian rodeo?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ida feel about Clara when she first comes to stay with them and care for Annie?

2. Why does Clara come to visit when Christine is four-years-old?

3. Why does Father Tom come to see Christine?

4. Why does Dayton invite Christine out for dinner after Lee's funeral?

5. Why is Rayona so fascinated by the lifeguard Ellen?

6. How does Ida burn her cheek?

7. How does Rayona end up winning a prize at the rodeo?

8. Why does Christine ask the doctor for a deck of cards after he gives her the terminal diagnosis?

9. What does Christine do for Rayona that she thinks proves she is a good mother?

10. What is the significance of the cliff near Tacoma where Christine wants to commit suicide?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of belonging and abandonment as it is shown through Rayona, Christine, Ida and Dayton.

Essay Topic 2

What does Aunt Ida mean when she says, "I never grow up, but I get old."? How is this also true in some ways for both Christine and Rayona?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following characters to discuss the internal struggle between a character's strength and weakness, focusing not only on the character who best exemplifies this struggle, but also has moments of triumph.

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