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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. Hillary thinks the light coming from Sara-Kate's upstairs room is _________.

2. How does Sara-Kate react to seeing Hillary in her house?

3. How much money does Hillary steal?

4. What does Hillary do when people talk about Sara-Kate while she is gone?

5. What is Hillary uncertain of when she sees Sara-Kate's mother in her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sara-Kate entertain Hillary while they are eating the stolen food?

2. What does Hillary say was missing in her life when Sara-Kate was absent?

3. Why does Sara-Kate say she could never live like Hillary?

4. What does Hillary find in the second room of Sara-Kate's house?

5. Where does Hillary get the money to go shopping with for Sara-Kate and her mother?

6. Why do most people think Sara-Kate is absent from school?

7. What allows Hillary to help out in the village all day the day after seeing Sara-Kate at night?

8. What does Sara-Kate ask for when Hillary sees Sara-Kate after sneaking out of her house?

9. What stops Sara-Kate from working in the village after she and Hillary are reunited?

10. Where does Hillary think Sara-Kate is after seeing the second room in the house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Mrs. Lenox was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence- however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

What were some clues given of the real situation Sara-Kate was living in, and how did Hillary perceive these things?

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