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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 is the name of the restaurant where Andy says he has found a job?

2. What did Helen tell Rhiannon about Ginny?

3. What does Stuart say he can teach Ginny?

4. What did the father wrap his child in?

5. What does Andy look like while holding the bucket?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the chapter end well for Ginny?

2. What did Ginny think a death bed was as a child?

3. How does the author describe Andy?

4. What did Helen tell Rhiannon on the phone?

5. How does the author describe Harry and Angie Lime?

6. What does Ginny's father tell Ginny about her half-brother Robert?

7. What does Andy say he identifies as?

8. Why does Ginny work so hard at French?

9. Why does Ginny call Robert a white cuckoo?

10. What problem does Helen have with her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas?

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 2

How does Robert's arrival affect Ginny? Why is she so against him and how do you think this affects Robert so soon after his mother's death?

Essay Topic 3

What do the childhood flashbacks say about Ginny's childhood? How did her childhood effect her? How do Ginny's childhood shape her as a person?

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