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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 18, what does Daniel take a day off school to do?

2. Who come to Connaught to pave the streets and sidewalks?

3. What month does Vera remember that she set her sights on Stanley?

4. In Chapter 14, what does Vera rent to live in?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Vera prefer John F. Kennedy for the United States president?

2. What idea does Stutz give Vera for work?

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

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

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

6. Why is November a difficult time for Vera?

7. Why does Daniel start running?

8. How does Vera act when she gets discouraged and neglected?

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

10. What did the doctor have to say about Earl when Alec and Stuz brought him to town after he started the fire?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Vera holds a grudge against her father. Why does Vera hold a grudge against her father? How does the grudge affect their relationship? Does she ever reconcile with him?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Analogies are used to compare an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar. How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or characters?

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