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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. What type of birds move into a tree by the fence at Willow's house when she is 8?

2. What is the name of Willow's kindergarten teacher?

3. What is Willow's grandmother's first name?

4. What does Willow get to carry her books to school in Chapter 4?

5. How far does Roberta walk from her doctor's office in Chapter 15 to the Bakersfield Imaging Center?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 1, why is there a police car parked at Willow's house?

2. How does Willow describe her grandmother?

3. Who was Willow's friend in grade school, and what happened to the friendship?

4. What does Pattie tell Willow will happen at the end of Chapter 28?

5. What does Willow observe about Lenore Cole when she first sees her?

6. Why does Duke go to Mai's high school in Chapter 27?

7. Why was Duke let go from a job at an assisted-living center?

8. Why does Duke change Quang-ha's classification in Chapter 11?

9. How does Duke use Winkleman's areas of evaluation to describe Willow after his session with her?

10. What does Duke see when he drives past the Chance house in Chapter 25?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Quang-ha resents Willow when she comes to stay with them. How would you describe the relationship between Quang-ha and Willow at the beginning of the novel? How does the relationship change and what factors cause the relationship to change?

Essay Topic 2

Willow plants the acorn that Mai gives her. What is the significance of Willow planting the acorn?

Essay Topic 3

When Mai goes inside Willow’s house with her, she sees something that makes her decide to have Willow stay with her family. What does Mai see, and how does that influence her to want Willow to stay with her family?

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