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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. In Chapter 4, how many men come to the door selling raffle tickets?

2. What blouse does Mrs. Kinsella buy the narrator?

3. In Chapter 3, what does Mrs. Kinsella send the narrator to the vegetable garden to pull?

4. In Chapter 5, what do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator buy at the butcher's?

5. In Chapter 5, what bird does the narrator see on the window ledge?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Kinsella do when he takes a break in Chapter 3?

2. What does Mr. Kinsella give the narrator when they give to town, and what conversation do he and Mrs. Kinsella have about his gift?

3. One evening after the narrator is in bed, what happens when it is noisy in Chapter 4, and Mrs. Kinsella brings the narrator downstairs?

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

5. What is it like in Gorey?

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

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

8. At the beginning of Chapter 5, what are the narrator and Mrs. Kinsella doing when Mr. Kinsella comes in from the yard?

9. What does Mrs. Kinsella do when Mr. Kinsella says they should buy the narrator some clothes?

10. What clothes does Mrs. Kinsella buy the narrator in Gorey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator does not know much about the Kinsellas or why she has been sent to live there. How would you describe their relationship when the narrator first arrives? How does their relationship change and a bond develop between them?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator makes observations about her father. What observations does the narrator make about her father? What type of person does he seem to be?

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