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

2. How old does Avery remember that she was when she attended a baby shower at Magnolia Manor?

3. In Chapter 6, which of the children nearly escapes?

4. In Chapter 9, where is Avery going to a ribbon-cutting ceremony with her parents?

5. In Chapter 5, who texts Avery when she is talking with May Crandall?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens when Avery tries to intimidate Trent into giving her the envelope at the end of Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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

May used an analogy to describe life and the various stages of life as different types of music for dancing. What was the analogy that May used to compare music and life? How did she learn to find the music in her life? Why was it important to dance to the right music at various times of a person’s life?

Essay Topic 2

Hootsie and May did not get along when May first moved to the Seviers’ home. How would you describe the relationship between the two when May first moved to the Seviers’ home? How did their relationship change after May and Fern returned? How did their relationship change by the end of the novel, and why was there such a change?

Essay Topic 3

Avery has a close relationship with her parents, especially her father. How would you describe the relationship Avery has with her parents? How is her relationship different with father than it is with her mother? What does Avery’s decision to come home reveal about her parents and the type of relationship that they have?

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