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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 Mrs. Morrill say it takes to look ahead?

2. What does Cynthia Blackthorn bring Mrs. Stanton?

3. What happened to Anthony's legs?

4. What does Greta watch for the next morning?

5. What do Retha and Greta do to prepare for the tea?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Stanton get in to see the duke?

2. For whom does Retha's mother believe Anthony is looking?

3. How has Leah Cornwall come to have control of her husband's ship?

4. What does Mrs. Stanton take with her to Halifax?

5. Describe Anthony's appearance when Captain Cheney finds him.

6. What is the time comparison like between Little Valley and Blue Cove?

7. Why do the men bring strange sailors to Anthony's home?

8. Why has Mrs. Stanton come to Little Valley?

9. Why does Greta think her father knew Blue Cove the way she knows it?

10. What does Greta have planned for Wisp and her kittens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Talk about the role of Rosie, the cow, in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the fog in this story? For example, how does fog affect the people of Little Valley? How does it affect Greta? What happens when it becomes foggy?

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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