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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. In Chapter 16, how many people does Lady Thorton say Jonathan's horse likes, including Ada?

2. When did Miss Smith graduate from college?

3. How did Becky die?

4. At what age does Miss Smith say that most children have to leave school to work?

5. In Chapter 15, what does Margaret tell Ada that she might have broken when Ada approaches her after Margaret was thrown off her horse?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, why does Grimes say that Butter would not do more than walk?

2. What does the doctor say about Jamie and Ada when he examines them in Chapter 8?

3. Why do the church bells go off in Chapter 9?

4. How does Ada help Margaret in Chapter 15?

5. In Chapter 20, how does Ada feel when Miss Smith puts her arm around Ada?

6. In Chapter 2, where does Ada's mother send her when she wants to punish Ada?

7. In Chapter 14, why does Miss Smith say that Ada is not stupid?

8. What does the house look like in Chapter 6 that the billeting officer takes Ada and Jamie to?

9. What does Ada see when she looks in a mirror at the train station bathroom?

10. In Chapter 11, how does Ada feel when she learns that Miss Smith is getting paid for taking her and Jamie in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Susan tells Ada that there are different types of truth in Chapter 46? What different types of truth are there? What does Susan mean by that statement?

Essay Topic 2

Ada’s mother deliberately mistreats her and Jamie. Miss Smith accidentally mistreats Butter. What is the motive between the mistreatment that Mam and Miss Smith inflict? What difference does motive make when mistreatment happens?

Essay Topic 3

Ada’s mother has always told Ada that she will be judged by her handicap inferring that people are judged based upon how they look. How is Ada judged by those who live around her apartment in London? How is she judged by a teacher in the village? How is Jamie judged for writing with his left hand? Why is it harmful to judge people based upon appearance?

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