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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 comes in the room on New Year's night when Katie opens the window for Lynn?

2. What is Lynn too tired to do the day after Katie's birthday?

3. What does Katie do after the milk and water incident?

4. Who does Katie invite to go camping with her after Lynn gets sick?

5. What does Katie's mother feed Lynn every day when she gets out of the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first thing that Lynn and Amber disagree about?

2. What does Katie do before they take Lynn's body away?

3. What gets Katie's father fired, and what does he say to Katie about it?

4. What does Katie see when she goes into Lynn's room just after she dies?

5. What does Katie do on her eleventh birthday?

6. What does Katie do when she hears that Amber is not friends with Lynn anymore?

7. What does Aunt Fumi say when Katie asks why Katsu is not a land surveyor anymore?

8. How much money are Katie and Lynn able to save for their house, and what does their mother do when they show her?

9. What does Katie do after she finds out what is really wrong with Lynn?

10. What does Katie's mother tell her she must do when they get home from the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maturity and aging were strong themes in this book. Where do these themes appear, and how significant are they to the plot?

Essay Topic 2

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivations throughout the book, and explain how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship between Lynn and Katie change throughout the course of the plot, and how do these changes affect the characters around them?

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