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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. In the Prelude, what is the date?

2. At the end of Chapter 13, what did Trent say that his grandfather found?

3. How old is Avery in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 11, how long has Avery been trying to get to Edisto Island?

5. Where was Avery working before she came home to help her mother deal with her father's cancer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Trent Turner, and what does Avery learn from him?

2. In Chapter 10, who did Rill see come into the room where she and her siblings were sleeping, and what did he do?

3. In Chapter 13, what did Avery's uncle Clifford say about going to Edisto Island?

4. Who does Avery have to pick up in Chapter 9, and why?

5. In Chapter 11, what was Wells' condition?

6. In Chapter 5, what photo does Avery see in May Crandall's room, and why does the photograph interest her?

7. In Chapter 4, who came with Briny to help get Queenie to the hospital?

8. In Chapter 10, where were Rill and her siblings sleeping and what was it like?

9. In Chapter 7, what does Grandma Judy say when she sees the photograph from May Crandall's room?

10. What happens to Rill and the other children in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After the kidnapping, Rill had seen what men could do to hurt children, and this influenced how she felt about Mr. Sevier. Why was Rill afraid of Mr. Sevier? What experiences had taught her that men could not always be trusted? What scars did Rill have from the abuse she saw and experienced? How did those scars affect how she felt about Mr. Sevier?

Essay Topic 2

The story is told from the first person point of view and from the point of view of different narrators. How does using different narrators affect what can be told about characters? How does the author’s choice to use different narrators and the first person impact the plot and how readers view characters?

Essay Topic 3

The families who adopt children from TCHS have good intentions. In what way do these families have good intentions? What problems do they cause? Why are their good intentions not enough to make up for what the children go through?

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