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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 time is the mass that the Petersons always attend on Christmas Eve?

2. When is the last time in Chapter 37 that Gwendy can remember going on two runs in one day?

3. What does Gwendy get her mother from LL Bean for Christmas?

4. In Chapter 50, who calls Gwendy?

5. What shape is the chocolate that Gwendy eats in Chapter 37?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Gwendy's parents cancel dinner in Chapter 36?

2. How does Gwendy get her magic feather?

3. How does Gwendy know she will die and why does she know how she will die?

4. What do Mrs. Peterson's blood tests from December 22 seem to show?

5. What news does Dr. Celano have for Gwendy and her parents?

6. What thoughts does Gwendy have as she looks at the button box in Chapter 49?

7. In Chapter 42, why does Norris ask Gwendy to come down to the stationhouse?

8. Why does Sheriff Norris come to see Gwendy in Chapter 57?

9. In Chapter 50, what stops Gwendy from using the box?

10. What is the situation when Gwendy gets to her parents' house in Chapter 51?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in Gwendy’s Magic Feather? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of Gwendy’s Magic Feather? Why is it not fantasy?

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