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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 long has Anthony lived at Blue Cove?

2. What does Greta's father have in his hand?

3. What does Greta believe is her horizon?

4. How does Mrs. Morrill look when Greta tells her it is her twelfth birthday?

5. What distracts Greta from Blue Cove in September?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stanton say about Mrs. Trask from when she was in school?

2. What seems to be the significance of Greta turning twelve?

3. Why do the ladies find Greta's comment about the Duke of Kent surprising?

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

5. How does Christine describe her feelings about her twelfth birthday to Greta?

6. Why is the day of Greta's birthday the best day for the church picnic?

7. How do the men on the Emmeretta require the captain's body to be taken back to Blue Cove?

8. How do the ladies make Mrs. Stanton's appearance in her dress special?

9. What does Retha think about Anthony?

10. Why do the names Ansel Cornwall and Leah Cornwall sound familiar to Greta?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the circumstances under which Greta first sees a house in the fog.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Mrs. Trask's role in the novel.

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