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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 rumor is spread about Sara-Kate's lunches at school?

2. What do the girls help the elves build?

3. For what do the elves use a bike wheel?

4. What does Hillary hear in her mind as she creeps over to Sara-Kate's backyard the second time?

5. How does Sara-Kate greet Hillary when she comes to see the ferris wheel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Hillary's home different than Sara-Kate's?

2. What makes Sara-Kate seem more mature in Hillary's eyes?

3. Why does Sara-Kate say the elves need no protection from the cold?

4. What strikes Hillary as odd about her time at Sara-Kate's house?

5. What does Sara-Kate say the elves eat?

6. What does Sara-Kate say elf language sounds like?

7. What does Hillary start to do when she sees some ruined houses in the elf village, and how does Sara-Kate respond?

8. What ruins some of the houses in the elf village?

9. What does Hillary's mother say when she hears Hillary was playing with Sara-Kate?

10. What causes Hillary to go into Sara-Kate's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

How did Hillary's relationship with Sara-Kate change over the course of the plot? What caused these changes, and what significance does this have to the outcome of the book?

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