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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 type of cows do the Kinsellas have?

2. How many lamps are in the Kinsella's bedroom?

3. What sounds does the narrator listen to at the well?

4. What type of bucket does Mrs. Kinsella grab before taking the narrator to the fields in Chapter 2?

5. When does Mrs. Kinsella say she last saw the narrator in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator see as she and Mrs. Kinsella walk through the fields in Chapter 2?

2. How does the narrator get upstairs and what does she see?

3. Why does the narrator tell Mrs. Kinsella that her family does not have their hay harvested?

4. How is the narrator's mother always busy?

5. In Chapter 1, where do the narrator and her father drive?

6. What lie does Dan tell the Kinsellas about the hay when he and Mr. Kinsellas come into the kitchen?

7. At the well, what can the narrator hear in Chapter 2?

8. How does the narrator feel when her father leaves her at the Kinsellas?

9. What familiar places do the narrator and her father pass on their drive in Chapter 1?

10. In Chapter 1, where is the narrator riding in the car, and what does she do and see?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of Foster? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters, especially the narrator? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in Foster to help characters communicate? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? How do idioms help readers understand characters, emotions, and ideas?

Essay Topic 3

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Keegan use artistic license to create the realistic background of Foster?

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