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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 is Nana frantic when she calls the boardinghouse?

2. What business do Hattie's parents run?

3. Why does Miss Hagerty not come downstairs for breakfast?

4. Adam and Hattie equate their feelings of not belonging as being __________________.

5. What is Papa's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Hattie and Adam equate themselves to being aliens?

2. Why does Nana think that her daughter "married beneath her"?

3. What are some possible reasons that Adam had virtually disappeared from the family for so many years?

4. What does Nana want Hattie to be like but Hattie continues to resist?

5. What is Hattie doing at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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

7. Why does Hattie decide not to ask Nana to take her to the movies?

8. Why does Dad's being an artist put a strain on Hattie's relationship with Nana?

9. What are the three rules of the Owen family's boardinghouse?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"A Corner of the Universe" is a classic coming-of-age story. What does that classification entail? Why does this book fit into this category?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Mom. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were her dreams and fears? What was most valuable to her in her world?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the lives of Hattie and Betsy. How are their circumstances similar? In what ways are their lives different? What draws them together to make them friends?

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