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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 day did Sophie find out what happened to the cat?

2. What did Sophie do to help her pain from the bite?

3. What does Sophie do while Otto visits the ASPCA?

4. Why does Otto buy a bunch of liver?

5. What word does Sophie use to describe her father?

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 does Sophie do while the cat is taken to the ASPCA?

4. What does Sophie do after calling some hospitals? Why?

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

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

7. What does Sophie hope will happen when she flirts with Otto? What comes of it?

8. What does Sophie witness while waiting to get her prescriptions filled?

9. How does Sophie feel when she leaves Claire's house?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the relationship between the Bentwoods change throughout the course of the plot? How do these changes affect the characters around them?

Essay Topic 2

Claire is a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

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