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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. What does Adam do when Angel has arrived home?

2. What does Adam tell Nana on the phone?

3. Adam tells Hattie to give him any date and he can tell her _______________________.

4. What is Adam's relationship to Hattie?

5. What surprise information does Hattie's mother tell her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Nancy and Janet make Adam want to cry?

2. What ominous statement does Hattie overhear Nana saying when Hattie gets home?

3. Which three residents live in the Owens' boardinghouse, and how are they introduced to the story?

4. What does Adam mean when he says that Hattie is the kind of person who can "lift the corner of the universe"?

5. What are Hattie's first impressions of Adam?

6. What is Dad's job, and what is he currently creating?

7. Who is Betsy McGruder, and why does Hattie go to her house on this morning?

8. What does Hattie mean when she says "before Adam" or "after Adam"?

9. What become?s evident about Nana's relationship with Adam and why does Adam's presence make her unhappy

10. What grandmotherly figures does Hattie have in her life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Intolerance takes on an almost human persona in this book. What role does intolerance play in the lives of the characters? What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the significance of the book's title. How does it come up in the story? What is the meaning for Hattie?

Essay Topic 3

There are several events of foreshadowing in "A Corner of the Universe". Define foreshadowing. Cite at least two situations in the story that serve as foreshadowing.

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