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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 birds can the narrator see from the backseat of the car when she is driving with her father in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 1, what is Mrs. Kinsella wearing when the narrator sees her for the first time?

3. In Chapter 1, what does Mrs. Kinsella send home with the narrator's father?

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

5. What village do the narrator and her father drive through in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator get to the well?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

The Kinsellas seem to balance one another. How would you describe the relationship the Kinsellas have? What is conveyed about marriage as a partnership through their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe characters and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe characters, places, and things. How does Keegan use imagery to help readers imagine the world and characters she has created?

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