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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 Molly sick with for almost a month?

2. What accomplishment of her mother's does Meg compare the darkroom to?

3. What is the name of Meg's mother?

4. What does Meg want to be when she grows up?

5. Where does Charles say most solutions come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Molly do the moment she gets in her room at the new house?

2. What is Meg's father's schedule like in the country?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Meg feel guilty for when Molly is taken to the hospital?

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

9. How does Meg feel when the darkroom is finished?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? Discuss some of the symbols. How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

What were some forms of foreshadowing found in this book? How do these moments affect the course of the plot? Provide specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

There are many changes seen in this book. What changes for Molly when she gets sick. How do these changes extend beyond her own situation?

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