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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. Katie's elder brothers are Luke and _______________.

2. What does Katie recall seeing on the body of the person in #82 on the day of the fight?

3. Katie thinks that _______________ most resembles Grandmother Morrison.

4. Where do Aunt Annie and Luke go to a meeting in town?

5. What does the person in #63 tell Katie about Jackson Pye?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Morrison children learn that their parents have been killed?

2. What is Mary Lawson's nationality, and how does she write about her native country?

3. What does Katie recall about a fight between Laurie Pye and a school bully one day?

4. What does Katie recall about the days after her parents' deaths?

5. Why is Katie so worried that Daniel has found the invitation to Simon's birthday party?

6. How is Aunt Annie's presence accepted in the Morrison household?

7. How does the author use foreshadowing regarding Katie's recollection of one of Jackson Pye's sons?

8. What does Katie recall about seeing Laurie Pye outside their home one night?

9. How does the author set up a subtle conflict related to Grandmother Morrison and how it will extend to affect Katie and Matt someday.

10. What news does Luke deliver in the last dinner the Morrison family has together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lawson uses beautifully descriptive language in the book to help her readers see her world from her perspective. Without referring to the book, describe Crow Lake using only your recall of Lawson's descriptions. How do you visualize the Crow Lake and Ontario now that you have read Lawson's CROW LAKE?

Essay Topic 2

How does Lawson use the literary technique of local color in CROW LAKE? What elements comprise local color? Give some examples of the local color in Crow Lake establishments, in the characters, and in the events.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Lawson's writing style. How is she different from other writers of her time? What are some of her characteristic writing techniques? Identify some examples of her style in CROW LAKE.

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