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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 full are the girls' pails at noon?

2. Who sees the girl in the woods first?

3. Where do people think Ann has gone?

4. When did Greta begin to love the fog?

5. What does Greta think she sees in the fog?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Tollerton significant in this chapter?

2. How does Laura describe Greta's fascination with the fog?

3. Under what circumstances does Greta leave her egg cup at the Morrill home?

4. What is the significance of the salt spoon?

5. What are some of the reasons that the people of Little Valley dislike the fog?

6. Is there any difference in time between Retha and Greta's worlds?

7. How does Laura Morrill guess Greta's name?

8. Are there any people in the village who do like the fog?

9. Why does Greta think her father stops often at the sailors' graves?

10. Why did Ann run away?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although Greta was able to tell the people of Blue Cove that Ann's skeleton was found by the bottomless lake, the men of Blue Cove are still not able to find Ann when they go out looking for her. Why do you believe Ann was never found? What might have happened if she were found?

Essay Topic 2

How do you believe that the people of Blue Cove knew that Greta was from a different time? Why didn't they just think she was a child who had wandered away from another village?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the lesson of persistence that one should learn from Mrs. Stanton's story. How does this lady's determination prove that persistence will eventually pay off?

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