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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 12, what is the name of the boy whose father comes to get him, but he is told that his boy has been adopted?

2. In Chapter 13, how many cottages is Trent away from Avery?

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

4. In Chapter 1, who does May think that Avery might be?

5. In the Prelude, what is the name of the woman who has a still birth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 12, what happened when a man came to visit his little boy?

7. In the Prelude, how is the woman described who had a still birth?

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

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

10. At the end of Chapter 12, who was interested in Fern?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

At the beginning of the novel, Avery and Elliott are engaged. Why does it seem that Avery and Elliott drifted into a romantic relationship? Why does Avery begin to question her relationship with Elliott? How does hearing her grandmother’s story affect the relationship between Avery and Elliott and why?

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