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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 Ben order his unborn child to do?

2. What does Will always bring when he comes to the house?

3. Who comforts Meg when Molly goes back to the hospital?

4. What does Molly help Maria do?

5. What does Charles hear about Ben and Maria that he doesn't like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens that makes Meg decide she needs to visit Molly in the hospital?

2. What does Molly ask of Meg as she is taken to the hospital again?

3. What strange thing does Ben show Meg in the garden?

4. What impresses Meg when she starts teaching Will?

5. How does Lydia say Molly and Meg were different as children?

6. How does Meg realize the true nature of Molly's condition?

7. What kind of rumors are spread about Maria and Ben?

8. What does Meg tell Will she envies about Molly after meeting Ben and Maria?

9. How does Meg interpret the dreams she has about Molly?

10. What is Molly sick with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does Meg play in Happy's birth and how does this affect her personally? Provide specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Belonging and security are two themes presented in this book. Where do these themes appear and which characters were most motivated by them?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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