View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Lucille get home from her date with Frank in Section 1?

2. When does Maddy usually leave school to go to the cemetery?

3. Who gives Maddy the nickname of Saddy in Section 2?

4. What grade does Maddy get on her math test in Section 2?

5. How long have Lucille and Frank been dating by the start of Section 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Anderson and what is the first impression the reader gets of him in Section One?

2. How does Lucille's new relationship with Frank, in Section 2, change her?

3. What is happening "more and more often" (4) to Arthur in Section 1?

4. How does Anderson respond to Maddy's pregnancy when she tells him, in Section 2?

5. What do Lucille and Arthur talk about in Section 2?

6. What happens between Maddy and Scott Bredeman in Section 2?

7. What makes Lucille suddenly want to live to be 100 in Section 1?

8. How do Maddy and her father celebrate Maddy's birthday in Section 2?

9. What does Arthur dream about in Section 2?

10. What happens when Maddy sneaks back into her house in Section 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Section 4, Arthur says, "But the longer I live, the more I come to see that love is not so easy for everyone. It can get awfully complicated. It can make us do good things and it can make us do bad things too" (158-159). How do these lines apply to the different characters in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the character of Mr. Lyons. What role does he play in the novel? How does his inclusion help to develop the other characters in the text?

Essay Topic 3

What do cemeteries symbolize in the novel?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 970 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample