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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 city does Sita visit in chapter 5?

2. What is the name of the pawn shop in chapter 5?

3. What is the name of the person who rescues Karl?

4. Whose face does Mary see in the ice?

5. What is the name of the restaurant that Sita opens in chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Karl hurt himself jumping on the bed in chapter 6?

2. Describe Sita's relationship with Jimmy in chapter 5.

3. Describe Argus, as pictured in "The Branch."

4. Describe Mary's one attempt at romance.

5. Why does Adelaide run to the airplane in chapter 1? How does this decision affect the children?

6. Why does Martin Miller keep Mary's baby brother?

7. Describe Sita's experience in Minneapolis in chapter 5.

8. Describe the appearance of the pawn shop and the objects Sita buys there in chapter 5.

9. In chapter 5, why does Catherine Miller write to Sita? How does Sita respond?

10. In "The Branch," why do the children come to Argus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe in detail the character of Fleur Pillager and her role in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one theme that has appeared and reappeared throughout the novel. Describe its importance to the character it affects, and discuss its significance for the plot line.

Essay Topic 3

Describe in detail Adelaide's character and the way she interacts with the various characters. Which characters does she love? Which characters does she feel able to abandon? Why?

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