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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 Burl decide to take the teenagers when they cannot find a passable road to Juicy's house?

2. What is Juicy's real name?

3. What does Luca say the teenagers need to do for the parents?

4. Why does Burl take some of the teenagers back to the great house?

5. What does Evie overhear the trail angels discussing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What alarming news does David get from the great house about the parents in Chapter 5?

2. How does the farm feel to Evie when they first get there in Chapter 5?

3. What is the journey from the great house to the farm like in Chapter 5?

4. Why do all the teenagers' phones start ringing at once in Chapter 7?

5. What is one reason the crew at the farm gives up keeping watch?

6. How does Sukey seem to react to having to care for her infant half-sister?

7. Why does Evie grow frantic when the soldiers start shooting sheep?

8. What does Burl tell Evie about Shel in Chapter 5?

9. What was different about the storm that has just passed in Chapter 5 compared to other very bad hurricanes?

10. How does Mattie convince Jack and Shel to let their trapped animals free?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Evie feel, at first, about Jack's and Shel's forgiveness of Red? What does the boys' treatment of Red seem to represent for Evie and for the rest of the teenagers? 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

Why does David decide to sabotage the yacht's navigational device, and what plot development makes this news much more serious? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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