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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 sometimes hear people doing after she has gone to bed in Chapter 4?

2. Where does Mr. Kinsella take the narrator after the wake in Chapter 5?

3. What type of plants are growing near Mildred's front door?

4. What is on the door of the house where the wake is being held in Chapter 5?

5. In Chapter 3, what do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator make that has to be kept cold?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 4, how does the narrator describe a typical day?

2. What can the narrator hear sometimes after she is in bed?

3. What is it like in Gorey?

4. What does Mrs. Kinsella fix for breakfast in Chapter 3?

5. What does Mr. Kinsella tell the narrator when he takes her to the beach at the end of Chapter 5?

6. What card does the narrator pick out at a gift gallery and why?

7. What is wrong when the narrator wakes in Chapter 3 and how does Mrs. Kinsella react?

8. In Chapter 5, what does Mr. Kinsella tell the narrator to do before they go to town, and what does she think about what he says?

9. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator keep waiting for?

10. In Chapter 3, why does Mr. Kinsella have the narrator run?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Foster takes place on a farm, in a town, and at the narrator’s house. How do these settings affect the narrator’s character and sense of self?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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