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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 Meg feel like when she develops the first photos in the darkroom?

2. What does Will want Meg to teach him?

3. What does Molly like to write?

4. What is Will doing when Meg brings him the egg she made?

5. What does Charles look at when he gets a writer's block?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Molly feel when she quits the sport she is involved in at school?

2. What do Meg and Molly want to be when they grow up?

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

4. Why do the girls have to share a room in there new house?

5. What nick name does Meg get at her new school and how does she get this nickname?

6. What does Meg yell at her parents about while Molly is in the hospital?

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

8. What does Meg think when she sees Molly styling her hair?

9. What good thing does Meg see in Molly's sickness?

10. Why does Meg decide she doesn't want to go to summer camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some instances where these themes are present? Why are they so important to the characters involved? Provide specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Despair is a theme seen in a number of sensitive places throughout this novel. Discuss some of the scenes where despair is present and discuss the role that despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 3

Personal identity was a main theme in this book. Where does this theme appear and how does its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot? Provide examples from the book.

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