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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. How did Edith feel about Jim and Eden's relationship?
2. What color eyes does Eden have?
3. What does Chief DeSalvo say about the Closes' case when he and Andrew talk in Chapter 3?
4. What does Andrew drink from a jelly glass in his kitchen in Chapter 1?
5. What does Andrew say about "how quiet it is" at his parents' home in the country?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the relationship between Andrew and Martha.
2. What does Andrew dream about the night of his mother's funeral?
3. What was Edith's reaction to the baby left at her house?
4. What does Andrew think T.J.'s motivation is for visiting him at his mother's house after her funeral?
5. Describe Eden's physical appearance when Andrew sees her sitting at the top of the stairs in her house.
6. Describe Eden's physical appearance the summer she gave up being a tomboy.
7. How did Eden become part of T.J., Sean and Andy's circle?
8. How did Eden react to her mother's show of affection when Jim was home?
9. Why does Andrew return to his mother's house?
10. In what way did Edith react when the paramedics tried to get her to lie down on a stretcher after her husband was killed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the setting of the pond. What important events occur here in terms of Andrew and Eden's relationship as adults? What role does the water play in giving Eden more confidence and a sense of independence? Provide specific examples to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What kind of relationship did Andrew and Eden have most of their lives? How did Eden act on her feelings as a teen, but was rejected by Andrew? What is Andrew's response to her when he returns for his mother's funeral and sees her for the first time in nineteen years? Provide specific examples to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the importance of the clay sculptures in Eden's life. What kind of portraits does she sculpt? What does Andrew say about them when he finds them? Why did Edith buy her clay, but allow the sculptures to crumble? Give examples from the book to support your discussion.
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