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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 Part Two, Chapter 14, what type of car does Mrs. Sturbridge ride in?

2. In Part Three, Chapter 9, what room number is Ivy's classroom?

3. When does Part Four take place?

4. In Part Two, Chapter 15, when will Mike and Frankie's adoption be legal?

5. What instrument did Mrs. Sturbridge play?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part Two, Chapter 13, how is Mr. Potter's harmonica playing described?

2. In Part Three, Chapter 2, what do Ivy and Araceli have in common?

3. In Part Four, Chapter 2, what does Mike remember happened after he fell from the tree up until present day?

4. Why did Kenny not return the harmonica to Ivy as he had promised he would do after the war?

5. How does Mike practice for the harmonica competition in Part Two, Chapter 20?

6. In Part Three, Chapter 20, what does Ivy do with her harmonica?

7. In Part Three, Chapter 21, who is the boy who is always riding his bicycle?

8. In Part Three, Chapter 16, what do Ivy and Victor find at the Yamamoto house?

9. In Part Three, Chapter 5, what will be Ivy's mother's job?

10. What is the Ward house like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The midwife in the untitled first section of the novel proclaims a prophecy when she leaves each of the princesses with the witch. How does the prophecy apply to Otto, Friedrich, Mike, and Ivy as well as the princesses?

Essay Topic 2

Some sections of the novel seem like fantasy, others seem historical. What is the genre of the novel and why?

Essay Topic 3

Both Elisabeth and Mike have to be responsible for younger siblings. How are the responsibilities that Mike and Elisabeth have similar and why their actions are so important in preserving what is left of their families?

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