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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 does Evie say they once lived early in Chapter 1?

2. What does Burl do for a living?

3. How does Evie find out the identity of Low's father?

4. Who are the twins in the great house?

5. What are the parents doing when the teenagers get back from the delta?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the provenance of the summer house, and how does Evie refer to the house?

2. Why is Evie surprised one of the mothers at the house gave Jack a Bible?

3. Why is Evie so alarmed to see what Kay does to Amy in Chapter 3?

4. Why does Shel handcuff himself to the treehouse?

5. What impresses, grudgingly, Evie about Alycia in Part I?

6. Why do the parents refuse to leave when the teenagers ask them to, in the aftermath of the storm?

7. How does the parents' behavior grow worse in the aftermath of the storm?

8. Why is David feeling so guilty about sabotaging the yacht in Chapter 3?

9. How does Evie feel about her younger brother Jack?

10. What is the "magic hour" and how do the teenagers use it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the teenagers respond to the farm owner's rules, and what do you think Millet intends those rules to symbolize? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think Millet is trying to communicate to the reader about both individual and personal responsibility through the actions of both the parents and the teenagers? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Which specific details and plot events of Millet's are the most effective in communicating the nature of the relationship between the parents and the teenagers throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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