A Children’s Bible Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Lydia Millet
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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A Children’s Bible Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Lydia Millet
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 the system of accounting that the teenagers come up with?

2. What does Terry ask the parents not to do in Chapter 1?

3. How do Alycia's parents convince her to finally head for home with them?

4. What does Evie's mother do when she waves at her mother in Chapter 3?

5. Who does Evie kiss during a game the teenagers play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Burl think is particularly dangerous that they all see around the great house in the days after the storm?

2. What does Evie wrestle with telling Jack in Part I?

3. What is the provenance of the summer house, and how does Evie refer to the house?

4. Why are the parents in panic mode in Chapter 3?

5. Why is Evie surprised one of the mothers at the house gave Jack a Bible?

6. What is the "magic hour" and how do the teenagers use it?

7. What was a liability in the parent game?

8. What is the parent game and why is it important to the teenagers?

9. What do the parents spend most of their time doing in Part I?

10. Why do the parents refuse to leave when the teenagers ask them to, in the aftermath of the storm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think Millet is trying to communicate to the reader about both individual and personal responsibility through the actions of both the parents and the teenagers? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Millet chooses to leave the question of where the parents go in the very end of the novel - and why they leave - very ambiguous? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What is the purpose of "The Game" in which all the teenagers try as hard as possible not to reveal the identity of their parents? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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