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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 Mr. Kinsella tell the narrator that women have a gift for?

2. In Gorey, what are hanging in plastic nets?

3. Where does Mr. Kinsella have the narrator run to in Chapter 3?

4. What does Mr. Kinsella want the narrator to buy for him in Gorey from the money he gives her?

5. In Chapter 5, what color shells does the narrator find?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. What does Mrs. Kinsella tell the narrator that a wake is like?

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

9. In Chapter 3, how does the narrator help the woman around the house?

10. Why does Mr. Kinsella think it is time to buy the narrator some clothes?

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

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

Mildred is a woman who offers to take the narrator home with her to play with her children. Why is she known as a busybody and gossip?

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