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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. In Chapter 2, what does May remember was her mother's name?

3. In Chapter 10, what can Rill see through a tiny, high-window near the ceiling?

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

5. In Chapter 6, how old does Rill think the boy with Zede was?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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