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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. Where do Bart and Joel take Jory's children?

2. Where do Cindy, Bart, and Toni celebrate New Years Eve?

3. What does Joel hope to do in Book Three: Comes a Morning Dark?

4. What does Toni overhear the twins discussing in Book Three: Heaven Can't Wait?

5. How does Catherine comfort herself in Book Three: Heaven Can't Wait?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Bart insane? Explain.

2. What changes the relationship between Bart and Toni?

3. Why does Catherine's strength shock Bart?

4. What is Joel's motivation to harm the family?

5. What effect does the anonymous call have on the family?

6. What does the "Garden in the sky" refer to in Catherine's childhood?

7. What type of offensive sermon does Joel give in the chapel?

8. How does Joel react to Toni and Bart's relationship?

9. Why doesn't anybody come to Bart's Christmas party?

10. What is significant about Chris's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Joel's influence on Bart.

Essay Topic 2

Which character develops most over the course of the novel? Which character learns the most over time? How does he or she learn this lesson?

Essay Topic 3

How does V.C. Andrews use titles effectively to foreshadow events or set a tone? Use at least three specific examples.

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