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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 television show is playing when Avery enters the Memory Care Unit at Magnolia Manor in Chapter 7?

2. In Chapter 10, which of the children move to Rill's cot in the night?

3. In Chapter 6, what injuries does Silas have?

4. In Chapter 2, how old does May remember she was when she was on the deck of a shantyboat?

5. In Chapter 9, what type of tree does Avery remember playing under at her grandmother's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the Prelude, what did a doctor recommend to Christine's father?

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

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

5. In Chapter 2, why was Rill worried?

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 1, when Avery is at a nursing home with her father, what encounter does she have with a woman named May Crandall?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rill and her siblings enjoy the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Why do Rill and her siblings enjoy the book? What does the book symbolize for Rill and for her siblings?

Essay Topic 2

Journalists use a photo of Wells and his mother for a story on nursing home scandals. Why does Leslie tell Avery that the use of the photo is politics and sensationalism? What subjects does Avery believe should not be discussed in the press? Why does Avery think that some subjects should be taboo even if a person is a politician? How does politics lead to sensationalism and lack of privacy for public figures like Wells?

Essay Topic 3

Avery is jealous when she watches people enjoying themselves on Edisto Island. What does Avery realize about choices and time when she is on Edisto Island? What conclusion does she come to about choices and time? Do choices affect the time a person has or does time affect the choices a person makes?

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