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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 is Mom's answer when Hattie asks her why they never had any more children after Hattie?
2. The man who owns the carnival is the _____________ of the girl in #105.
3. What does Hattie admit to herself about Leila?
4. What worries does Hattie have about Adam's illness?
5. Why does Hattie agree to sneak out of the house during Nana and Papa's dinner party?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Hattie feel about Cookie and in what way does Cookie not understand Hattie?
2. What perspective does Leila give Hattie about sideshow performers?
3. What are the obvious and not so obvious reasons Adam may have killed himself?
4. What plans does Hattie make for the night of her Nana and Papa's dinner party?
5. Describe Adam's day at the carnival with Hattie and Leila.
6. How does Adam disrupt lunch by abusing the buzzer and creating a scene?
7. How does Hattie include Adam in the plans for the evening of Nana and Papa's dinner party?
8. Why did Hattie have good intentions in wanting to take Adam to the carnival and what does she come to realize about her methods?
9. What does Hattie think about the sideshow acts when she learns that a carnival is coming to town?
10. How is Adam restrained at the carnival and what reason does Hattie give to Dad about not asking permission for Adam to go to the carnival?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the greatest lesson Hattie learns in the book? Is it true that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Hattie always recall about the Summer she spent with Adam? What impact did Adam have on Hattie's life? What would Hattie consider to be her best decision?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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