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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. At the beginning of Chapter 19, what is Avery watching that makes her nearly hit another car?
(a) A woman pushing a stroller.
(b) A family having a picnic.
(c) A family walking a dog.
(d) Two girls riding horses.

2. In Chapter 22, who does Rill, Arney, and Fern see when they wake on the boat in the morning?
(a) 3 colored boys.
(b) 3 white boys.
(c) A family.
(d) 2 men.

3. What time does a cab driver say that he always goes to Grandma Judy's house?
(a) Every Monday at 2.
(b) Every Wednesday at 3.
(c) Every Tuesday at 1.
(d) Every Thursday at 10:30.

4. Where does Trent say that his grandfather had his law office?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Aiken.
(d) Greenville.

5. In Chapter 19, what does May throw at Avery and Trent before she invites them to enter her room?
(a) Plastic cup.
(b) Shoe.
(c) Slipper and hairbrush.
(d) Cane.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 19, who tracks down Avery at May's nursing home?

2. In Chapter 18, what time is Rill supposed to be at a downtown hotel?

3. In Chapter 20, what are Rill and Fern told to call Mr. and Mrs. Sevier?

4. In Chapter 14, when Rill returns from the viewing party, what does Camellia smell like?

5. In Chapter 17, in the article that Trent has Avery read, how old was Mary Sykes when she was stolen from the porch of her mother's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what photographs does Avery find in Trent's grandfather's research room in the old slave cabin?

2. In Chapter 14, what were the children given at the viewing party?

3. What is the first thing that Avery and Trent find after the cabbie drops them off and they walk down a path?

4. In Chapter 21, who does Avery see in her grandmother's driveway and why is that person there?

5. At the end of Chapter 23, what advice does Hootsie give Avery?

6. In Chapter 14, what condition was Camellia in when Rill returned from the viewing party?

7. In Chapter 18, what happened to Rill at the end of the chapter?

8. In Chapter 17, what fond memory does Avery have of being on Edisto Island alone with her father?

9. In Chapter 19, why does Leslie track Avery down at May's nursing home?

10. In Chapter 18, why did Rill think that Briny and Queenie might not want her back?

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