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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. When Dan drops produce on the floor, who bends to pick it up in Chapter 1?

2. Where does the narrator comment that the man who won what her father lost in a game of 45 sold the object?

3. In Chapter 2, what color are the butterflies the narrator sees as she walks through the fields with Mrs. Kinsella?

4. Where does the narrator's father drive deep in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 2, why does the narrator's family not have the hay in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Kinsella help the narrator with her bath in Chapter 2?

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

3. How does Mrs. Kinsella tuck the narrator into bed in Chapter 2?

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

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

6. In Chapter 2, how does the narrator get water from the well?

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

8. What does the narrator see as her father turns off on the lane to the Kinsellas?

9. In Chapter 2, what does Mrs. Kinsella say when the narrator asks if there is a secret connected to going to the well?

10. What does the narrator imagine it will be like at the Kinsella's place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When the narrator arrives to stay with the Kinsellas, she has mixed feelings about staying there. Why does the narrator have mixed feelings about staying with the Kinsellas? How does she overcome these feelings?

Essay Topic 2

Mildred is a woman who offers to take the narrator home with her to play with her children. Why is she known as a busybody and gossip?

Essay Topic 3

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood in Foster, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different chapters?

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