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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 take from Jory's garden and place into his?

2. How old does Bart tell his grandmother he'll be turning on his next birthday?

3. While conversing with Cathy in the attic, what does Chris say "often leads to reality?"

4. What does Chris worry about adopting a child when Cathy reveals that she's already had the papers signed?

5. What is the name of the man Jory begins to remember from before Daddy Paul?

Short Essay Questions

1. What earthy pleasures does Malcolm describe doing in his journal?

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

3. Describe Malcolm's encounter with Violet Blue from his journal.

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

5. Describe Bart's experience with the two baby chicks when he was four years old.

6. Why does Bart prefer Apple over Clover?

7. What happens to Bart in the hospital?

8. Describe the mansion when Bart and Jory explore it before it before the renovations.

9. Describe the conditions of Corrine and Cathy's imprisonment.

10. How does Jory feel about Chris once they reconcile over the family secret?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Explain why Bart feels inferior to Jory. How does this determine Bart's behavior around Jory? In what ways are Bart's feelings justified? In what ways are they not justified? Give examples

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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