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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. Which character dressed in a red smock when Eden and Andrew were young?
2. How does Andrew describe Eden's hair when he sees her for the first time after his mother's funeral?
3. What does Andrew say about "how quiet it is" at his parents' home in the country?
4. What work did Jim do?
5. What does Eden say about Andrew's father at the end of Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Eden react to her mother's show of affection when Jim was home?
2. Why does Andrew return to his mother's house?
3. What bothers Chief DeSalvo about the Close case?
4. In what way was Andy confused by Eden's change in behavior on the first day of school when he was a senior?
5. Describe the relationship between Andrew and Martha.
6. What did Andrew observe about Eden when she was carried out on a stretcher the night her father was killed?
7. How does Andrew remember protecting his mother the night Jim was killed?
8. How did Eden become part of T.J., Sean and Andy's circle?
9. What do Andrew and his son Billy talk about on the phone when Martha calls from Nantucket?
10. How did Andy find out that Eden and Sean were a couple?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How did Eden effectively transform herself into a tomboy so that she could join Andrew's circle of friends? What impressed Andrew, Sean and T.J. about Eden's inventiveness and stoicism? Provide textual examples to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Andrew and T.J's relationship. Why does Andrew feel awkward with T.J. when he sees him after his mother's funeral? How does the relationship become easier by the end of the novel? Quote the book to support your discussion.
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