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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 does Hannah show James when he gets home in Chapter 12?

2. Where do Nath and Hannah sit while Marilyn and James discuss Louisa in Chapter 10?

3. What had Hannah say that she and Marilyn had done all afternoon while James was gone in Chapter 12?

4. What swimming stroke does Nath use to get back to the shore?

5. What color was Stacey Sherwin's hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hannah experience the afternoon James was gone?

2. How easy did Nath think it would be to free himself of his family?

3. What did July 3 represent to James?

4. How did Nath usually get new clothes?

5. Why did Lydia wear a pretty dress to school in Chapter 11?

6. How did the family change as a decade passed after Marilyn left and returned?

7. Why did Nath view college as a jumping off point?

8. What had Marilyn always wanted her mother to say to her?

9. What was the cake like that Marilyn baked for Lydia's birthday?

10. What did Nath do as he got ready to visit Harvard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lydia's parents had no idea what Lydia's life was really like. What did Marilyn and James imagine that Lydia's life was like and why was it so different from they envisioned?

Essay Topic 2

James and Marilyn fight about Lydia's death. Why are they so frustrated with one another and how the other person is handling Lydia's death?

Essay Topic 3

James and Marilyn had unfulfilled dreams. How did they try to foist their dreams on their children and how did that affect their family dynamics?

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