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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. Where is one of Julie's stories published?

2. What reason does Cordelia give for declining a teaching position in the school where the children will be going?

3. What convinces Julie to stay at Aunt Cordelia's?

4. Why does Alicia want to speak to Julie after class?

5. What does Julie hear people whispering?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Julie's friendship with her uncle important?

2. What hobby does Julie take up in her senior year and who helps her?

3. How is Julie's hobby successful and how do they celebrate? What does Uncle Haskell do?

4. What event mars some of Julie's joy at success?

5. What does Julie hear about her and being raised by Aunt Cordelia?

6. How does Katy respond to living in the country?

7. How does Julie handle being hurt by what she thinks is Aunt Cordelia's rejection?

8. How does Julie feel about Alicia when she first dates her father and how does she end up feeling?

9. How does Julie's luck with boys change in her junior year and how does her family feel about it?

10. Why is Julie happy the summer between her junior and senior year?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses the literary technique of symbolism by connecting Aunt Cordelia's retirement with the autumn of the year.

1. What do you think is meant by the statement, "autumn of life?"

2. Discuss the life of a human in terms of the four seasons.

3. Do you think everyone goes through the stages of life at the same time? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Julie experiences not only Chris' departure for boarding school but also Laura's marriage to Bill.

1. What effect do you think these types of events would have on a young girl? Use examples from the book and your experience to support your answer.

2. What do you think a person can do to adjust to changes in their life? Use examples from the book and your experience to support your answer.

3. Do you think it was fair to Julie for the family to send Chris off to school? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your experience to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

The next morning, a note from Uncle Haskell has been slid under Julie's door and she is somewhat relieved, when she reads his words, "I'll say to my sad-faced little Julie: Guilt feelings will do nothing for either you or the Kilpin child. But your compassion as you grow into womanhood may well become immortality for the girl you call Aggie."

1. What do you think Uncle Haskell meant by his statement?

2. Do you think Julie, at the age she was when she received her Uncle's note could understand the full meaning of it? Why or why not?

3. How do you think Aggie's death will change Julie?

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