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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 tall are Logan and Troy?

2. In Chapter 14, where does a journalist ask Stan if he killed his wife?

3. In Chapter 21, what does Amy serve Christina and Ethan?

4. What do Stan and Joy have for breakfast on Father's Day?

5. When is Amy's birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Amy going in Chapter 9, and who is she meeting there?

2. Why is Joy struggling in Chapter 2?

3. Why did Joy make plans to leave Stan after Brooke graduated from high school and then change her mind?

4. Who was Troy married to, and why does his ex-mother-in-law resent him?

5. How does Savannah end up at Joy and Stan's house?

6. What has Amy decided about full-time work?

7. What does Narelle, Joy's hairdresser, think she will do if Joy misses her next hair appointment?

8. Where and when is a bicycle found in the Prologue?

9. What does Barb do to bring in extra cash and why?

10. Why did Joy put off telling Brooke about Savannah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of Apples Never Fall? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows different character influence what readers know about events and characters? How does following different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 2

Logan, Brooke, and Troy have romantic relationships that have failed. How and why have Logan, Brooke, and Troy’s romantic relationships failed?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does Moriarity use idioms in Apples Never Fall? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

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