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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. Who had Amos Leemaster dated until he saw Love?

2. What does Porter ask Gypsy for as she climbs back into the house?

3. How is Gypsy feeling by the time she reaches the movie theater?

4. Who is Gypsy's mother?

5. How can Woodrow best be characterized from the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Woodrow's behavior at Porter's birthday party showcase both his confidence and his shyness?

2. Who are Gypsy's mother and stepfather, and where do they live?

3. What is evident about Woodrow's relationship with his father as shown in Chapter 9?

4. What does it mean when Gypsy calls Woodrow's former home a shack?

5. Describe Everett's visit to see Woodrow at his grandparents' house.

6. Describe Gypsy's delirious attack at the movie theater.

7. What does Gypsy learn from her mother about what happened between her, Amos and Belle years ago?

8. What are some of Woodrow's experiences in his new life that point out the poverty he lived in until now?

9. What is the significance of windows in Gypsy's subconscious and how is that exaggerated while watching the film "Rear Window" at the theater?

10. What do Woodrow's assertions about what he thinks happened to his mother foreshadow for him later in the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the greatest lesson Gypsy learns from Porter? Is it true that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Gypsy always recall about Porter and how he was able to reach out to her that summer?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Amos. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were his dreams and fears? What was most valuable to him in his world?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does the author use the setting she does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

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