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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 the rich woman tell Bart to call her?

2. What does Bart take from Jory's garden and place into his?

3. Who tells Bart his real father's name?

4. What do Jory and Bart plant to honor Uncle Cory's and Aunt Carrie's birthday?

5. During their attic scene, how old does Chris say Cathy was when he knew her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bart in the last three chapters.

2. How does Bart's knee get infected?

3. What does Bart do with Cindy once they return from the mansion together without Cathy?

4. What does Corrine say she wants during her first confrontation with Chris?

5. Bart compares his part of the garden to Jory's. Explain what he sees.

6. How does Jory find Apple when he checks on him during Bart's hospitalization?

7. Why is Jory upset by what he overhears between Madame Marisha and Cathy in the chapter titled The Terrible Truth?

8. How does Bart first react to the puppy his grandmother gives him?

9. How does Jory feel about Chris once they reconcile over the family secret?

10. How does Jory feel about Chris through the majority of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the few of Bart's thoughts from his narration that have a profound and surprising insight. What is he referring to when he thinks it? What broader meanings do these thoughts have, and how do they apply to the novel as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

In the prologue the narrator says, "I found a strand of silver in my hair today, reminding me that soon I might be a grandmother, and I shuddered." Identify the character, and explain her reaction to this natural occurrence from what is discovered about her within the book.

Essay Topic 3

Describe how each chapter title relates to the material in the chapter. What purpose do the chapter titles serve? How do they aid in telling of the story? Which ones have more than one meaning for the contents of the chapter? Explain the different meanings.

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