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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. Why does Mr. Kenneth's gift to Annie please Mrs. John?

2. What shoes are worn by the new friend Annie meets in Chapter 4?

3. In Annie's dream, who saves her Chapter 4 friend in a shipwreck?

4. What can Annie see in the distance from her family's vacation home?

5. What scent is the lava rock given to Annie in Chapter 3 by a friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Annie begin sneaking to funerals?

2. What do the fabrics Annie and her mother select in Chapter 2 symbolize to Annie and why?

3. How does Annie view her parents in Chapter 8? How does Annie now see herself?

4. Describe the Red Girl's appearance.

5. What is Annie's belief regarding dead people in Chapter 1?

6. Who is Ma Chess and what surprises the John family when she shows up at the family home?

7. How is Annie's friendship with Gwen in Chapter 6?

8. Briefly tell what Annie's essay is about in Chapter 3.

9. In Chapter 1, Annie is supposed to pick up fish on her way home but did not. How does Mrs. John get the fish?

10. Why does Annie look forward to starting a new school in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What feeling does Annie have when she sees her parents in bed together? Why does she feel this way? Where do her feelings for her parents go from that point?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Annie's mother from what you know, not from what Annie has said about her.

Essay Topic 3

Annie's own mother left her family at the age of 16 after an argument with her family. Why is it important for the reader to know this? Does this experience play into any of Mrs. John's attempts to properly educate her daughter? Why or why not?

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