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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 type of pie do the Grooves have on Christmas Eve?

2. In Chapter 56, on what side of the street does Ms. Anders park when Red goes to face her tornado?

3. In Chapter 53, what time does Red call Wanda?

4. What does Red remember doing with her gamma during the first chemo sessions her grandmother had?

5. What picture is on the postcard Marvin sends from Hawaii?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What example does Celine give red for "Impossible: seeing something invisible" (276)?

3. What conversation do Red and Wanda have in Chapter 44 when Red says she wants to live with her mom?

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

5. What is Wanda's apartment like when Red visits unannounced in Chapter 55?

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

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

8. In Chapter 51, what is wrong when Jackson and Red return from the Kapules'?

9. Who does Wanda meet at the aquarium and why does Red get upset?

10. How does Red stop her tornado?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you describe Wanda’s character and the type of person she is? Why is it so difficult for her to do hard things?

Essay Topic 2

Red feels she has had to be grown up for too long. In what ways has Red had to be grown up and responsible beyond her years and how has this affected her life?

Essay Topic 3

Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does Lackey use personification in All the Impossible Things? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects?

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