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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. Why does Lee say they should go to Ellie's grandmother's house?
2. What is the item the kids take from Homer?
3. Who does Fi say is her secret love?
4. What does Lee say he told Reni about the group?
5. What does Ellie say about the third time she rams the wall of the barn with the tractor?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe what happens to Ellie in the hours after she and Lee arrive home.
2. Describe the trip to the trout farm.
3. Describe Ellie's grandmother.
4. What does Ellie say about the damage from the war and what does it make her realize about herself?
5. What does Ellie say about the reason she believes they need to help the kids, and why do you believe this is important to her?
6. What does Fi mean when she talks about "our blear?"
7. What scares Ellie when she's trying to find the sound of the crying and what does she say about it?
8. What do Ellie and the others discover when they get to the Winchester Heights neighborhood? What does she say is the "good news" and what is the "bad news?"
9. Describe what happens in the moments after Ellie and the others get out of the river.
10. What does Ellie want to do when they finish butchering the lamb, what does Fi say about it, and what is Ellie's comment about change on this topic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Ellie often lapses into daydreams, memories, or arguments with herself. Describe at least three instances in which this happens.
Essay Topic 2
Who is Colonel Finley? How is New Zealand involved in the situation? How do you know? Why are Ellie and the others often so pleased to hear Colonel Finley's voice? What does this indicate about them?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the "tip." What is it? What are Ellie's memories of it from before the war? What are some of the items she says would be there if archaeologists were to dig it up? What are some of the things they find there on the day they get into the furniture van? Why are they there that day?
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