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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 Tim's cousin's name?

2. What is given to the person who finds Barnabas?

3. Whose fingerprints does Rodney find on the candy wrapper?

4. What does Tim find in the church attic?

5. Who does Tim invite to attend a Sunday service after the baby is baptized?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Sadie's long-lost relative? How do readers find out about this?

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

3. Describe the character of Homeless Hobbes.

4. Why does Dooley get into a food fight? Why isn't Tim more upset about it?

5. How are readers introduced to George Gaynor?

6. What inscription has Willard carved into the Porter House? Why is this significant?

7. Why do you think Tim is ignoring the doctor's directions to eat well and exercise?

8. How does Tim end up in the hospital?

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

10. Explain the dynamics of Olivia and Hoppy's relationship in Chapters 13-16.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the purpose of a foil in literature? Describe one character in Karon's novel that you believe is a foil of another character. Why do you think Karon may have created characters in her work that emphasize each other's qualities?

Essay Topic 2

Describe an instance of situational irony in Karon's book. Why would she have included this? What does it add to the overall effect of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the climax of this story and the series of events leading up to the climax. How do characters respond to the climax? What did Karon include in her story to insure that the climax would be as powerful and meaningful as possible?

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