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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 Gorey in Chapter 5, what does the narrator buy from the sweet store?

2. What machine does Mrs. Kinsella show the narrator that she has not seen before?

3. What does the card look like that the narrator picks out for her mother's birthday?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of Foster? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters, especially the narrator? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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