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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 snack does an attendant bring Grandma Judy and Avery?

2. Where does Elliott work?

3. In Chapter 1, when is the Stafford family having their Christmas photograph taken?

4. What does Trent share with Avery in Chapter 11?

5. Where has Grandma Judy gone to church all her life?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The families who adopt children from TCHS have good intentions. In what way do these families have good intentions? What problems do they cause? Why are their good intentions not enough to make up for what the children go through?

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