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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 does the narrator imagine that Mr. Kinsella might buy her in town?

2. In Chapter 2, what does the narrator say when Mrs. Kinsella asks her if her mother is all right?

3. In Chapter 2, what temperature is the well water?

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

5. What does the narrator imagine on the drive to the Kinsella's that Mrs. Kinsella will fix her for breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the bath the narrator takes in Chapter 2 different from what she has at home?

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

4. How does the narrator describe Mrs. Kinsella the first time she sees her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Keegan reveals the narrator’s life during a pivotal time. How do the events in Foster help the narrator mature and grow in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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