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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. How old is Avery in Chapter 1?

2. At the end of Chapter 10, what color is the hair of the boy who tells Rill not to let Riggs get her off by herself?

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

4. What was the name of Grandma Judy's husband?

5. In Chapter 3, how long have Avery and Elliott been living apart?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

After being kidnapped, Rill often felt powerless and hopeless. Why did Rill feel powerless after the kidnapping? How did that sense of powerlessness drive feelings of hopelessness?

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