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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. Who calls Helen at the beginning of Chapter 15?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 14, what is the weather like?

3. In Chapter 15, who tells Helen she is a pig?

4. In Chapter 15, who does Helen remember was her only friend in high school?

5. In Chapter 12, what time of day are Ray and Julie driving?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what does Helen do after Collie leaves the pool?

2. In Chapter 11, what does Elsa tell Helen their mother would like her to do?

3. In Chapter 15, what does one of the schoolteachers say to Helen when she sees her at the pool with Collie?

4. In Chapter 11, what does Helen say when Ray suggests they dissolve their pact and go to the police?

5. How does Barry feel in Chapter 13 when his parents tell him that Helen was at the hospital with a male friend?

6. In Chapter 16, when does Mrs. James remember having a premonition, and nothing happened?

7. In Chapter 13, what actually happened the night that Barry was shot?

8. In Chapter 11, what does Mr. Cox tell Ray when Ray phones to see how Barry is doing?

9. At the end of Chapter 15, what advice does Collie give Helen?

10. In Chapter 13, what does Barry tell Ray happened the night he was shot?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Julie and Ray visit the Gregg home. How does the visit to the home make the Gregg’s seem more real to Julie? Why does the family seem abstract before the visit? What is revealed about the things that are abstract and reality through the visit?

Essay Topic 2

Sometimes Mrs. James gets a feeling that something bad will happen. What are some times that Mrs. James has had a feeling that something bad is about to happen? How are those feelings a warning of something to come? What is one time that Mrs. James had a premonition, but did not see something bad happen? Was she wrong that night last summer when she felt that something bad was about to happen?

Essay Topic 3

Ray considers how he has changed since he went to California. How does Ray describe the person he was in high school? How has he changed since he graduated and went to California? Does he believe that the changes are negative or positive?

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