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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who steals Barnabas?
(a) No one; he ran away.
(b) Dooley.
(c) Andrew.
(d) A man in a car.

2. Who does Tim invite to attend a Sunday service after the baby is baptized?
(a) Leo.
(b) Russell.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Andrew.

3. How did Willard die?
(a) He was killed in the war.
(b) Cancer.
(c) He had surgical complications.
(d) He was in a car accident.

4. Whose fingerprints does Rodney find on the candy wrapper?
(a) Puny's.
(b) Tim's.
(c) Harry's.
(d) Emma's.

5. Who does Russell Jacks remind Tim of?
(a) Barnabas.
(b) Himself.
(c) Dooley.
(d) George Gaynor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tim's reaction to the bishop's orders?

2. How long will Olivia have to remain in the hospital?

3. Why isn't the bishop happy with Tim?

4. How does Tim react to the way his companion drives on the way to the airport?

5. What is the inscription that Willard carves in the Porter House?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think it is a good thing that Dooley goes to Meadowgate for summer vacation? Why or why not?

2. What is strange about Tim's visit to the church one evening when he is all alone?

3. Describe the events of the evening leading up to Cynthia's proposal that she and Tim go steady.

4. How are readers introduced to George Gaynor?

5. What do we know about Andrew Gregory?

6. Ron Malcolm takes off his shoes and gives them to George Gaynor. Why does he do this? What does this represent?

7. Why is Tim amazed by Sadie's love story?

8. When the townspeople commented on Tim's sickly look, what do you think Karon wanted her readers to think about Tim's health?

9. Why does Cynthia think Tim is angry with her?

10. Explain the symbolic meaning of the death bell at the church.

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