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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. Why do the teens try to get into the burning barn?

2. What do the angels do during their ceremony for Sukey's mother's burial?

3. What does the owner order the SWAT team to do in Chapter 8?

4. Where does Sukey say she got a full scholarship to go to college?

5. Who taught biology on the farm?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is one reason Evie and the teenagers like the trail angels?

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

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

5. What kind of pictures do Evie and the other teens see of James on social media in Chapter 5?

6. What does Jack tell Darla he has figured out about the Bible in Chapter 7?

7. Why do Sukey and her mother come back to the farm in Chapter 6?

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

9. What do the soldiers start doing to the angels when they can not find the other goats to kill?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

How does the storm and its aftermath affect the teenagers' opinions of the parents? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Which characters in the novel are the most forgiving of others in their lives, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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