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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's mother feel like doing at the beginning of the book?

2. What is Sexton writing at the beginning of the book?

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

4. What does Hettie use the bird for?

5. What month does this book start in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Robbins say happened to Didi's family?

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

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

5. What does Hettie use the bird for?

6. What does Hettie do when the girls get angry with her?

7. What does Didi tell Sexton she is?

8. Why do the girls get angry with Hettie?

9. What does Sexton do when Hettie speaks to him on the street?

10. What does Sexton say when he sees a picture of Didi's family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Sexton continue to follow Didi throughout the day, and what does this indicate about his personality?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What was Hettie searching for in this book, how did she find it, and why was this so important to her and Didi?

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