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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 color is Joy's bicycle?

2. How far is the coast from where the Delaney siblings are in Chapter 1?

3. What does Joy always do when one of her children calls?

4. In Chapter 2, where is Stan using an ice pack?

5. Including today, how many times has Brooke's patient in Chapter 7 visited Brooke for treatment?

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. What is Brooke driving on Father's Day, and what problems does she have with it?

4. Who confronts Stan in Chapter 14 and why?

5. What does Stan collect, and how does Joy feel about the collection?

6. What does Christina tell Amy her father did with the car the day after her mother went missing?

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

8. Who is Harry Haddad?

9. In Chapter 8, how does Brooke remember spending her weekend?

10. Why did Brooke decide to become a physiotherapist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joy and Stan have been married for nearly 50 years. How have they fallen in and out of love during the course of their marriage? Why do they stay together in spite of the challenges of their marriage?

Essay Topic 2

Both Stan and Logan have been guilty of checking out of their relationships. How have the men checked out of their relationships in different ways? In what way were they both avoiding conflict?

Essay Topic 3

Dialogue tags help identify who is speaking in a written conversation. What would happen if dialogue tags were never used to identify who is speaking in a written conversation? What are some common dialogue tags used to identify speakers in a written conversation in Apples Never Fall? What descriptive dialogue tags has the author used, especially in Chapter 58? How do those dialogue tags help readers imagine scenes? How do they add another layer of description?

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