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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 does Ben name his baby?

2. What does Meg see on Molly's leg?

3. What does Meg notice her parents do less when Molly comes home from the hospital?

4. Who does Meg wish would join her and her father with the silly thing?

5. What does Will bring a bouquet of on a visit to the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Meg realize the true nature of Molly's condition?

2. What does Meg think when Molly climbs into her father's lap?

3. Why does Ben show Meg something strange in the garden?

4. Why does Will tell Meg she needs to come back to the country in the Fall?

5. What impresses Meg when she starts teaching Will?

6. What does Molly ask of Meg as she is taken to the hospital again?

7. What does Will teach Molly about and why does he teach her this?

8. What does Meg tell Will she envies about Molly after meeting Ben and Maria?

9. What kind of rumors are spread about Maria and Ben?

10. What is Molly sick with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Belonging and security are two themes presented in this book. Where do these themes appear and which characters were most motivated by them?

Essay Topic 2

Molly presents a very interesting and unique philosophy on beauty. What was this philosophy and how does this different idealism affect the people around her?

Essay Topic 3

Which character do you relate to the most in this book? Why? How did this character change throughout the book? How do you think you might change if you were in the same situation.

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