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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 Chapter 1, when does Gwendy go for a run?

2. Where does Gwendy put the button box as she prepares to sleep in Chapter 19?

3. When Gwendy was a girl, what would her mother always make when they watched her father's old slide around the Fourth of July?

4. In Chapter 16, how long of a break is Congress taking for the holiday?

5. What type of safe do Gwendy and Ryan have?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what is the subject of the news article that Gwendy's mother sends her?

2. What dream does Gwendy have in Chapter 19?

3. What does Gwendy think of President Hamlin, and why does she avoid him?

4. What does Harold the security guard give Gwendy for Christmas, and why does it startle her?

5. What advice does Patsy give Gwendy when she sees she is getting discouraged?

6. In Chpater 32, what does Gwendy do after dropping her mother back home, and what does she hear and see?

7. When does Gwendy first remember seeing the button box?

8. Where do many first-year congressional representatives live and where does Gwendy live?

9. Who does Gwendy sometimes imagine Patsy Follett and her receptionist Bea Whiteley are?

10. Who is Patsy Follett and what does she look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of Gwendy’s Magic Feather and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

Gwendy and Caroline make assumptions about one another. What assumptions do Gwendy and Caroline make about one another? Are the assumptions the women make about one another misleading? Is either woman wrong in the assumptions that she makes?

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