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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 does Sexton say he thinks Didi really is after hearing what she thinks she is?

2. What is Mrs. Robbins's occupation?

3. What does Sexton's mother feel like doing at the beginning of the book?

4. Who threatens Sexton when he leaves Didi's place?

5. How does Billy communicate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sexton meet Didi?

2. How does Sexton show his compassion when he sees Billy?

3. What does Didi say about her family when Sexton comments on a picture of them?

4. What does Sexton think is happening to Didi when she tells him who she is?

5. Why does Hettie think Sexton can show her where Didi is?

6. What happens when Sexton leaves Didi's apartment?

7. Why does Sexton want to kill himself?

8. What do the girls think Hettie is going to do with the bird they bring her?

9. Why do the girls get angry with Hettie?

10. Why does Sexton's mother send him out of the house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Curiosity was a trait that a few characters possessed. Who were these characters, and how did this trait affect their lives?

Essay Topic 2

What happened to the girl with the gloves, and why was this significant to Sexton and his life?

Essay Topic 3

Theo was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

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