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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. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does the narrator feel when she wakes?

2. In Chapter 5, where does the narrator find Mrs. Kinsella crying?

3. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator hear when Mrs. Kinsella fetches her downstairs because it is too noisy to sleep?

4. What color trousers does Mrs. Kinsella buy the narrator?

5. What does Mrs. Kinsella buy at the draper's?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What conversation do the narrator and Mrs. Kinsella have about the dirt in her ears in Chapter 3?

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

5. In Chapter 3, what does the narrator notice on the news?

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

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

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

9. How does the narrator call Mr. Kinsella in Chapter 3, and how does he react?

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

Things are very different for the narrator at the Kinsellas than at her home. How and why does the narrator have to adapt to life with the Kinsellas?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Everything is new and different for the narrator at the Kinsella’s house. Why is it stressful for her to be there? Why is she anxious and fearful?

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