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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 22, what makes Fern wet herself?

2. Where is the couple who want to adopt Gabion from in Chapter 14?

3. In Chapter 14, how long have Rill and her siblings been at Miss Tann's?

4. In Chapter 18, what month does Rill decide it must be?

5. How many graves does Rill say are on the Sevier property in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 22, why did Miss Tann come to talk to Mrs. Sevier?

2. In Chapter 19, what does May tell Trent about his grandfather?

3. What happened to Gabion at the viewing party in Chapter 14?

4. In Chapter 18, why did Rill think that Briny and Queenie might not want her back?

5. What is the first thing that Avery and Trent find after the cabbie drops them off and they walk down a path?

6. In Chapter 16, why did Miss Dodd need the job at the home?

7. In Chapter 17, what fond memory does Avery have of being on Edisto Island alone with her father?

8. In Chapter 20, how did Rill describe the Sevier place and the people there?

9. In Chapter 22, why did Rill think something was wrong with the Arcadia?

10. In Chapter 15, why does Abby call Avery and what do they talk about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 story is told from the first person point of view and from the point of view of different narrators. How does using different narrators affect what can be told about characters? How does the author’s choice to use different narrators and the first person impact the plot and how readers view characters?

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