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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 Chapter 7, what time does Avery arrive at Magnolia Manor?

2. When the bookmobile comes in Chapter 12, how many books is Rill allowed to get?

3. In Chapter 12, what color dress does the woman wear who helps Rill find a book?

4. What type of stones are on Avery's dragonfly bracelet?

5. In Chapter 6, when Miss Tann puts Rill and her siblings in the car, how many other children are on the floorboards?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 13, what does Trent tell Avery that his grandfather might have been doing for her grandmother?

3. Who was the boy with Zede in Chapter 6, and what was he like?

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

5. In Chapter 1, who is Avery and what is background and career?

6. In Chapter 2, what did the midwife tell Rill to tell her father?

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

8. In Chapter 9, why has Honeybee asked the Monday Girls to not visit Grandma Judy?

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

10. In Chapter 2, why was Rill worried?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Trent and his grandfather enjoyed helping people. What were the motives behind the help that Trent and his grandfather offered to people? What role did empathy play in the things they did and the ways they helped people?

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

As Rill left the river for the last time, she realized that Rill had to die and May Weathers had to live. What experiences did Rill have that made her the person she was? Did her experiences made her stronger or weaker? Why did she decide Rill had to die and May had to live?

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