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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. How old is Vera?

2. What does Alec dream in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 10, what baseball player does Alec tout to Daniel?

4. How does Vera carry her important papers?

5. How long ago was the room in Alec's house that used to be the baby's room turned into an indoor bathroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the young man on the bus offer Vera, and how does Daniel interrupt?

2. Why does Daniel like his grandfather?

3. In Chapter 8, why did Vera quit writing Earl?

4. What does Daniel like to do every night after supper in Chapter 7?

5. What does Alec say about Yankee fans?

6. What does Vera look like?

7. How does Vera meet Stanley?

8. What type of marker is on Martha's grave?

9. What happened when Alec lost Earl during a Dominion Day celebration?

10. When and where did Bob the housepainter propose to Vera, and how did he respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon his interpretation of life. How does the author use artistic license to make the novel seem like it really happened?

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 in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Alec always told Vera to have the courage to follow your convictions. Why did Alec always believe it was important to have the courage to follow your convictions? How is that courage demonstrated through Alec, Vera, and Daniel?

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