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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 Meg wait while Molly is taken to the hospital?

2. How many lenses does Meg's camera have?

3. What keeps Meg from walking over to Will's house?

4. Why is Will's nephew trying to do something to him?

5. Why can't Molly stop bleeding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of treatment does Molly get in the hospital?

2. How could Will have had a lucrative career?

3. What makes Molly so sick in February?

4. What happens to Molly in the first month at her new school?

5. What does Will say keeps him from being lonely?

6. What is Will's nephew trying to do to him?

7. What does Will want in exchange for letting Meg use his camera?

8. What does Meg say about Tierny that makes Molly smile?

9. What does Molly say she admires most about Meg?

10. Why do Molly and her mother have such a close connection?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why do you think Lois Lowry chose these particular places for this novel?

Essay Topic 2

Molly presents a very interesting and unique philosophy on beauty. What was this philosophy and how does this different idealism affect the people around her?

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship between Will and Meg come to be and how is Meg's life altered because of this new and surprising relationship?

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