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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 is Frannie's real first name?

2. Why does Maribel say the new boy should be on the other side of the highway?

3. Why is Trevor absent on the second day after the new boy arrives?

4. How does Frannie usually wear her hair?

5. What time does Mama get up on Saturday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the new boy reveal about himself, where his family had been prior to his arrival at Price, and why he'd moved to Price?

2. What does Frannie say about her memories of the year she'd started school a month late?

3. What does Daddy tell Frannie about her worry over her mother and the new baby?

4. Why does Frannie sit down near Maribel and what does she think about Maribel?

5. What does Frannie say about her grandmother, her church attendance and her Bible?

6. What is the game Sean and Frannie sometimes play about sounds and give one example of their game.

7. What does Frannie say about miracles and what is the miracle that happens in her own life?

8. What does Frannie note about Samantha's manners and what happens at the table to make her take note of them?

9. What does the new boy say when Frannie asks what it was like to live on the other side of the highway.

10. What does Frannie argue when Samantha says that Jesus might have chosen to come to Price at this time because there's a war going on?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Lila? How many other children have died in Frannie's family? What is the impact on the family?

Essay Topic 2

List one of the major themes of this book? Give at least three examples of theme in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Frannie. What kind of person is she? What are the most important aspects of her life? Why are these important?

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