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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 color is the Kinsella's house?

2. In Chapter 2, how do the narrator and Mrs. Kinsella walk back to the house?

3. What chores does the narrator think she might have to do at the Kinsella's place?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When does Dan decide he needs to leave?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does a dog greet the narrator and her father when they arrive at the Kinsellas?

10. What do Dan and John talk about when Dan arrives with the narrator at the Kinsellas?

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

In Foster, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator comes from a poor family. How would you describe the narrator’s socioeconomic status? How does poverty affect her life?

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