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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. Who figures out who Eve's mother is?

2. What does Evie tell Jack in Chapter 2 that is upsetting for them both?

3. Who is on the small raft that gets snagged in a clump of reeds in the cove of the lake?

4. Which animal startles Eve when it lands on her in Chapter 4?

5. Where do the teenagers decamp from the house to in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the teenagers run away with Burl?

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

4. Why does Evie decide to get the teenagers' phones back?

5. Why are Jack and Shel capturing animals in Chapter 3?

6. What does Evie wrestle with telling Jack in Part I?

7. Why are the parents in panic mode in Chapter 3?

8. What does Burl think is particularly dangerous that they all see around the great house in the days after the storm?

9. Why do Evie and some of the other teenagers go swimming in the storm water at the parents' request?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens to Sukey's mother about halfway through the novel, and why does it seem to serve as a type of turning point in the action of the novel and in the lives of the assembled teenagers? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Red's broken leg seems to have been miraculously healed by the owner of the farm, and the owner also seems to have other omniscient, if almost supernatural, abilities. What do you think Millet is trying to communicate to the reader through the character of the owner? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Evie strikes a hopeful tone for Jack at the very end of the novel, but Jack is very sick, the parents have completely abandoned the teenagers, and Evie has few options to try to find care for Jack. Write an essay exploring how Millet treats the theme of hope in the face of disaster and multiple fronts of hardship and struggle, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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