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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 did the wound have to be reported to the police?

2. How many people live in Flynders in the summer?

3. What is Otto obsessed with in Chapter 12?

4. How does Sophie describe Claire's kitchen?

5. What did Otto want to do before fulfilling his promise to Sophie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Claire tell Sophie she and Leon do when he stays over?

2. What does Otto promise to do for Sophie when they return from the hospital?

3. What do the Bentwoods find when they get to their vacation home?

4. What did Sophie dream about after the cat is captured?

5. What does Sophie hear as she leaves the hospital? Why does this upset her?

6. What is happening in Otto's front yard after Sophie's night with Charlie? What does he do about it?

7. What does Otto feel determined to do after the hospital visit and why?

8. Whom does Sophie call after leaving Claire's house and before going to her own?

9. How did Otto find out about Sophie and Charlie going out? What is his response to this?

10. Who is Tom? Why does he say the Bentwoods are lucky?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many different symbols present in this book. What are these symbols? How does their presence alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears? How do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

What is the dynamic of Leon and Claire's relationship? How does this affect Sophie's opinion of them?

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