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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. How many times did Wanda come back after Gamma's cancer diagnosis?

2. Who does Wanda say she saw the other day in Chapter 41 that she said she would not talk to anymore?

3. In Chapter 39, where is Celine when Red comes back inside?

4. What type of cancer did Gamma have?

5. What color cordless phone does Red use to talk to Jackson on Christmas morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Red let out after Wanda walks away and does not look back?

2. What does Red remember in Chapter 35 about an incident when she was three?

3. Why does Red ask Jackson to take her to Marvin's in Chapter 51?

4. Why does Celine drive Red to her first unsupervised visit with Wanda?

5. How did Marvin get his grandparents to abandon their idea of moving to Hawaii?

6. Why dioes Red go to stay with the Klines after Celine is taken to the hospital?

7. What is Wanda like when Red calls her in Chapter 53?

8. What does Red remembered happened when she was five and her grandmother did not want her to go with her mother?

9. How does Red try to show her mother the impossible notebook?

10. What happens when Red is in the barn with the twins?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flashbacks are a literary device used to provide information about events that took place before the story began. How does Lackey use flashbacks in All the Impossible Things? How does the author’s choice to use flashbacks affect the plot?

Essay Topic 2

When Nicole comes into the barn, Noah and Jack are on the floor crying. Red is brandishing a metal rake. Why is Nicole upset when she comes into the barn and sees her boys crying and Red brandishing a rake? How and why does Nicole jump to false conclusions based on what she sees?

Essay Topic 3

Celine and Wanda interact with Red in different ways. How do the two women interact with Red? How do the ways that they interact with Red reveal about the relationship each woman has with Red?

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