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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 hate visiting when his family vacations in the East?

2. What did Bart accidentally kill by squeezing too tight?

3. Where does the first interaction between Chris and Cathy happen?

4. In My Heart's Desire, what does John Amos whisper of when he leads Bart to his cubby-hole?

5. What does Madame Marisha want Jory to call her in public?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Corrine attempt to hide her identity from Chris when he first confronts her?

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

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

4. How does Bart's first psychiatrist describe Bart to his parents?

5. What has Jory been told of his mother's past?

6. Describe Bart.

7. How does Bart attack Cindy in her pool?

8. Describe Cathy's first encounter with Corrine.

9. How does Bart describe the death of his real father to Jory?

10. What is Cathy writing about?

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 how each chapter title relates to the material in the chapter. What purpose do the chapter titles serve? How do they aid in telling of the story? Which ones have more than one meaning for the contents of the chapter? Explain the different meanings.

Essay Topic 3

In the prologue the narrator says, "I found a strand of silver in my hair today, reminding me that soon I might be a grandmother, and I shuddered." Identify the character, and explain her reaction to this natural occurrence from what is discovered about her within the book.

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