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

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

3. What color dress does Mrs. Kinsella buy the narrator?

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

5. Where does Mr. Kinsella want to go to get the narrator clothes in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it like in Gorey?

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

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

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

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

7. What does the narrator buy at the sweet shop?

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

9. Who takes the narrator away from the wake, and what questions does the woman have?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does Keegan use more metaphors or similes in Foster? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers make the writing more interesting?

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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