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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 also on the headstone of Lou Ann's father?

2. What type of vegetable does Lou Ann buy after her mother and grandmother end their visit in Chapter 4?

3. What date is it when Chapter 3 begins?

4. What does Mattie promise Taylor in Chapter 6?

5. In Chapter 5, Lou Ann is concerned about Dwayne Ray's ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the steps in which Taylor attempts to build a "family".

2. What are Lou Ann's "routines"? And why does she perform them?

3. What does Taylor do before Esteban and Esperanza say goodbye? Why does she do this?

4. What does Lou Ann believe to be Turtle's given name? Why?

5. Describe Taylor's course of action in leaving home after Newt Hardbine's tragedy.

6. Describe the relationship between Newt Hardbine and his father.

7. What does Esteban suggest to Taylor after realizing that she is judgmental of Esperanza's actions?

8. Taylor begins looking for a roommate in Chapter 5. Describe the people Taylor meets after searching the want ads.

9. How does Taylor come to realize that Edna Poppy is blind?

10. What is Lou Ann reading at the end of Chapter 6? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Taylor change throughout the novel? How do her ideas change, and which characters have spawned the most change in Taylor?

Essay Topic 2

Relationships are a large part of the novel. Choose a relationship to analyze. Answer the following questions: What is the driving force behind this relationship? Do these characters get along? Why or why not? How has this relationship help the form the personality of each character involved?

Essay Topic 3

Esteban and Angel are the most prominent male characters in text; however, they are very different from one another. Compare and contrast Angel and Esteban. What do they each symbolize in the novel?

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