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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 14, what does Ray tell Bud he plans on doing?

2. In Chapter 12, how many boys were fighting in Helen's front yard, when Julie went to see Helen's prom dress?

3. In Chapter 14 before seeing Barry in the hospital, how many times had Ray visited someone in the hospital?

4. In Chapter 11, what does Elsa say that their mother wants Helen to do?

5. In Chapter 11, what paralysis does Mr. Cox say that Barry has?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 16, what does Mr. Rivers say about Helen having everything?

4. In Chapter 15, who calls Helen and why?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what does Barry think of the nurse who is in his room?

6. In Chapter 12, who calls and why?

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

8. In Chapter 14, how does Ray feel after seeing Barry and why?

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

10. In Chapter 17, what does Helen notice about Collie when she sees him in her apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Helen and Elsa are not very alike in personality or appearance. In what ways are Helen and Elsa total opposites in appearance and mannerisms? How do those differences complicate their relationship and cause friction in their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. What is the overall mood in the novel? If the mood in the story was a color, what color would that be?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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