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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 special about Stuart's house?

2. What part of the world is a cuckoo from?

3. What does Ginny think Joe Chicago stole?

4. What kind of girls did Ginny's grandparents say should not sit on floors?

5. What does Stuart say he does for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Ginny work so hard at French?

3. What does Ginny remember about her grandparents?

4. Why does Ginny think Joe was sent to prison?

5. Why does Andy say he got the sack from the Castle restaurant?

6. What does Ginny remember about her time with her father as a child?

7. Why did Ginny think the people at her school were stupid?

8. Why is the bridge newer than the rest of the road?

9. What did Helen tell Rhiannon on the phone?

10. Why does Ginny call Robert a white cuckoo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

How does it affect both Robert and Ginny when they hear their Grandparents are racist? In what way does it show the difference between Ginny and Robert? What kind of environment would Ginny's Grandparents been brought up in to have such beliefs?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author represent teenage years and its problems? How does the author change his representation to fit the story? What tone does the representation give the story?

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