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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. Why is Patty drawn towards Anton?

2. What had Patty given up the previous year in order to purchase her father's monogrammed shirt?

3. What does Patty fear in Chapter 8?

4. What does Patty dream about at the end of Chapter 5?

5. Where does Patty find Sharon in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Grandma Fried.

2. Describe Patty Bergen.

3. Why do the townspeople of Jenkinsville gather at the train station in Chapter 1?

4. How does Patty attempt to gain attention from other characters?

5. What new information does Patty attempt to tell her parents in Chapter 6?

6. Why doesn't Mr. Bergen like Grandpa Fried?

7. What makes Patty cry in Chapter 18?

8. How does Patty attempt to wound her father in Chapter 15?

9. How do Patty's parents treat their oldest daughter?

10. How did Anton manage to escape from the German prison camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the roles of good and evil defined in the novel? According to the townspeople, who or what is "good" and "evil", and why? According to Patty, who or what is "good" and "evil", and why? How do the townspeople's definitions of good and evil differ from Patty's definitions of good and evil?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characteristics of the protagonist and the antagonist in the novel. Which characteristics indicate that Patty is the protagonist? Which characteristics indicate that Mr. Bergen is the antagonist? What role does prejudice, deception, bravery and self-confidence play in their characters?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Patty copes with loss in the novel. Which characters does she feel like she has lost and how does she react to those losses? How does loss affect Patty's character?

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