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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 Ginny telephone in this section?

2. What is the title of Chapter 16?

3. What takes over Ginny's body in this section?

4. Who does Ginny think the jacket could be a symbol of?

5. Why was Ginny's father in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joe tell Ginny about her father?

2. How does the author view the retirement years?

3. What does Wendy tell Ginny in this section?

4. How does Ginny's mother react when they meet?

5. Why is it ironic that Ginny tells lies to get into the art gallery?

6. In what way is Ginny starting to think like an adult?

7. Why is Ginny so embarrassed when she meets Mr. Chalmers?

8. What does the Death of Colonel Paul painting symbolize?

9. What does Ginny find out about herself from her meeting with her mother?

10. What does Ginny find out about Joe Chicago in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Ginny remember about her childhood? How have these events from Ginny's childhood affected her? How does Ginny recover from the traumas of her early years?

Essay Topic 2

How does Robert become an important part of Ginny's life? What does he help Ginny find out more about herself?

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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