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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 instrument did Mrs. Sturbridge play?

2. In Part Three, Chapter 4, what is the name of Ivy's new school?

3. At the end of Part Three, Chapter 14, what does Ivy play on her harmonica?

4. In Part Three, Chapter 11, how long will Susan and her mother be at her grandmother's?

5. How long did Mike play with Hoxie's band?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are itinerant children who are members of the harmonica band taken care of?

2. In Part Three, Chapter 5, what will be Ivy's mother's job?

3. In Part Three, Chapter 19, what does Ivy reveal is in the secret room at the Yamamoto house?

4. How did Mrs. Sturbridge's son die?

5. What is the Ward house like?

6. In Part Two, Chapter 22, what does Mr. Hoxie say to Mike after his audition in front of the jury?

7. What does Ivy discover about the musical talents of the Yamamoto children in Part Three, Chapter 15?

8. In Part Four, Chapter 2, what does Mike remember happened after he fell from the tree up until present day?

9. Why did Mike give up the harmonica?

10. In Part Four, Chapter 1, where has Friedrich traveled?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some sections of the novel seem like fantasy, others seem historical. What is the genre of the novel and why?

Essay Topic 2

The midwife tells each princess that her fate is not sealed when she takes each one to the forest. What does the midwife’s prophecy imply about fate and destiny as the prophecy is uttered and as it is fulfilled?

Essay Topic 3

The midwife in the untitled first section of the novel proclaims a prophecy when she leaves each of the princesses with the witch. How does the prophecy apply to Otto, Friedrich, Mike, and Ivy as well as the princesses?

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