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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 does Gwendy do all afternoon in Chapter 36?

2. When did Olive Kepnes live?

3. What does Carla decide to wear to Christmas mass?

4. What was the girl doing who goes missing in Chapter 57?

5. In Chapter 33, what movie does Gwendy watch with her parents on Tuesday?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Gwendy's father tell her that her magic feather stands for?

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

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

6. What do the Hoffmans look like?

7. In Chapter 40, what are Gwendy's thoughts when she goes to the grave of her friend, Olive?

8. What do searchers see when they are covering the field in Chapter 39?

9. What is the last Christmas present Gwendy's parents give her?

10. What happens at the Bradley party in Chapter 44?

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

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’s life has been very successful. How and why does Gwendy seem to live a charmed life?

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