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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 can one see from the Blue Cove homes?

2. What part of town do Greta and Retha not have time to see?

3. How long has it been to Retha since she last saw Greta?

4. How does Greta feel when her friends decide not to go berrying?

5. What does Greta usually see on the road down from the mountain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the salt spoon?

2. What are things like when Greta returns to Little Village?

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

4. Where does Mr. Morrill get the items that he gives to his family?

5. What are Retha and Greta doing when they see Ann?

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

7. Does Mr. Morrill believe that Ann might have been able to keep herself alive in the woods?

8. Who is Old Man Himion?

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

10. What does the first house that Greta sees in the fog become to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Greta's experiences in Blue Cove with those that her father had.

Essay Topic 2

What is Retha's role in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What clues are there in the book that the Morrills were part of the Blue Cove that Greta's father knew as well as the one that Greta knew?

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