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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 the name of the nursing home where Avery's Grandma Judy is staying?

2. What is Avery's mother's nickname?

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

4. In Chapter 4, what was Queenie wearing when Briny got her ready to go to the hospital?

5. What color was the house that Rill and the other children were taken to in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. At the end of Chapter 8, what did a woman tell Rill and the children to do?

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

5. In Chapter 7, how does Avery remember that her parents met?

6. At the end of Chapter 10, what did Rill do when a big red-headed boy told her to come with him?

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

8. In Chapter 3, why does the nursing home contact Leslie, Wells Stafford's press secretary?

9. In Chapter 8, what did Rill see and smell when they entered the white house?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On the boat and when they are kidnapped, Rill took care of her siblings. What is revealed about responsibility through Rill’s actions? What does that sense of responsibility reveal about Rill?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? How do they provide background information or advance the plot? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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