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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. What does Bart try to train his new pet to be?

2. What does Bart say when he meets Cindy?

3. What is the rich woman hiding beneath her veil?

4. What is the name of Cathy's injured ballet student?

5. What color is Cathy's skimpy halter-top that she wears, to Bart's disapproval, while pushing Cindy in a baby swing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jory feel about Chris through the majority of the novel?

2. What does Jory notice about his parents when he considers what his teacher said about likes being attracted to one another more than opposites?

3. Why is Jory upset by what he overhears between Madame Marisha and Cathy in the chapter titled The Terrible Truth?

4. Describe Bart.

5. Describe Madame Marisha.

6. Bart compares his part of the garden to Jory's. Explain what he sees.

7. How does Jory find Apple when he checks on him during Bart's hospitalization?

8. What does Bart do when Cindy is playing alone in her sandbox?

9. What does Bart discover about Chris during and after his hospital stay?

10. Why does Jory agree not to tell his parents about Apple?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Bart's obsession with death. Does he really desire death? Does he want his mother to die? Does he wish for Apple's death? What does the idea of death mean to Bart?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the author's method of conveying information to the reader. Cite examples. Who is better informed, the reader or the narrator? How does the author's method of conveying information further the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What makes Bart a target for John Amos and Corrine? What are Bart's vulnerabilities that work to his detriment with John Amos? What effects do John Amos's and Corrine's interferences have on Bart?

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