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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 Julie do as she and Aunt Cordelia are talking?

2. Of what does Bill assure Julie?

3. What does the person in #52 advise Julie?

4. What is one of Aunt Cordelia's greatest challenges as a schoolteacher?

5. What does Uncle Haskell applaud?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Aunt Cordelia decide to host a birthday party for Julie?

2. What happens to Julie when Laura takes her to her room?

3. How does Uncle Haskell help Julie with her loneliness after Chris leaves?

4. Why is Aunt Cordelia upset with Julie's invitations and what does Julie do?

5. What do most of the people notice about Jonathan's wife?

6. What happens when Julie visits Laura and Bill and what does Bill tell her?

7. How do Laura and Julie's father feel about her time with Uncle Haskell and what do they do about it?

8. Where is Julie when she awakens?

9. What does Uncle Haskell tell Julie about Aggie's death?

10. How is Julie and Aggie's relationship the rest of the school year and what happens in the summer that bothers Julie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aunt Cordelia shares some of the sorrows from the childhood she shared with Uncle Haskell, and Julie feels even more gratitude for the abundance of love she has received in her life.

1. Do you think Uncle Haskell's childhood was what propelled him towards alcohol? Why or why not?

2. Why do you think some people have difficult childhoods but don't turn to drugs or alcohol?

3. Do you think Uncle Haskell's drinking was a form of slow suicide to escape memories of childhood? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Julie hesitantly approves of the changes Alicia has made to the house but is appalled to discover that Alicia has converted Laura's old bedroom into an office. Alicia had no way of knowing that Julie coveted that room.

1. Do you think Alicia should have talked with Julie before making changes to the house? Why or why not?

2. Change is always difficult and Julie has had many changes in her young life. Discuss how you see the changes affecting her as a person. Use examples from the book and your life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

The author brings to closure the foreshadowing used at the incident of Katy Eltwing's panic attack at the old creek bridge earlier in the book.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement?

2. Explain why or why not you thought the incident of Katy at the bridge was important to the story.

3. Do you think the panic attack Katy had at the bridge meant she could see the future? Why or why not?

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