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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 is the name of Codi and Hallie's mother?

2. Where does Homer find Codi and Hallie?

3. What is the relationship between Codi and Hallie?

4. Why is the town of Grace planning to sue the mining company?

5. Why has the Black Mountain mine been poisoning the river with sulfuric acid?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Codi feel about her father's diagnosis of Alzheimer's?

2. What does Codi discover about the condition of the river in Chapter 11?

3. How does Codi become a small-town heroine in Chapter 11?

4. What do Codi and Hallie fight about in Chapter 18?

5. Why are Codi and Hallie so tired in Chapter 1?

6. Describe the scene when Codi lost her baby.

7. What is contained in the letter from the school board that Codi receives in Chapter 23?

8. What does Codi ponder when she is with Viola Domingos at the site where the helicopter came for her mother?

9. How does the Stitch and Bitch Club decide to use all the money they have earned from artwork sales and contributions?

10. Why doesn't Codi make it to Telluride?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Codi's family with Loyd's family. What are the significant differences? Are there any similarities? What does Codi learn because of her interactions with them? Is it odd that two people from such different backgrounds would consider starting a family together? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Several major events occur throughout the course of the novel. Which one marks the turning point for Codi? What event has the greatest effect on the course of her life? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Explore the theme of government relations with special interest groups presented in the novel. How do these issues affect society on a microscopic level? On a macroscopic level? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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