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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 late does Vera work cleaning the cafe everyday in Chapter 17?

2. What is the first dance Vera tries to teach Daniel?

3. What free refreshments does Vera serve on the opening day of the cafe?

4. When the streets and sidewalks are being paved in Connaught, how many men does Vera serve meals three times a day, seven days a week?

5. What time does Alec remember that Stutz recommended they go check Earl's crop when Earl was learning to be a farmer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Vera and Daniel move their things in Chapter 14?

2. What conversation do Alec and Daniel have about Earl in Chapter 11?

3. Why does Daniel not tell his mother that he is seeing his grandfather?

4. Why did Stutz call out the town's fire brigade after Earl set the field on fire?

5. How is business at Vera's cafe when she first opens compared to the business her father has?

6. What options does Vera have for work in Connaught?

7. What did Alec try to get Earl to do after he graduated from high school and why?

8. How did Vera get Stanley to go out with her?

9. In Chapter 11, what does Vera do when Alec wears a hat to dinner?

10. How does Vera's business pick up at the cafe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alec and Daniel have a man-to-man talk. Why do Alec and Daniel have a man-to-man talk? Why is important for Alec to give Daniel advice about growing up?

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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