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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long will it be before legal action is taken regarding Turtle's adoption?

2. What is the national bird of Esteban's homeland?

3. To where to Mattie, Taylor, Esteban and Esperanza go at the beginning of Chapter 12?

4. To whom does Lou Ann's horoscope state she will listen?

5. What did Edna Poppy his the "bad man" with?

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

With which character in the novel do you most closely identify? Why? How do their world views compare to your own?

Essay Topic 3

Turtle facilitates many changes in Taylor's character throughout the novel, yet Turtle herself is not a highly developed character. Why do you think this is? Could Turtle be a representative for something else? If so, what?

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