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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 is the picture of the girl on Isabel's vanity?

2. What does Colie say she shed when she lost her weight?

3. What gift does Norman give Colie?

4. Who is Mira looking for when the storm comes in?

5. Who trains Colie at her job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Morgan get very excited about?

2. What does Colie dislike about her mother's success?

3. What does Norman do every day?

4. What gift does Norman get for Colie, and why?

5. What analogy does Colie use to describe her growth?

6. What happens to Colie while she is looking for Cat Norman?

7. What is Norman holding when Colie runs into him before the storm, and why is this significant?

8. What happened to the inheritance when Colie's grandparents died?

9. What do the women in the post office say about Mira?

10. What does Colie think might happen to her health while living with Mira, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Dessen have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

What kind of changes did Colie go through before the beginning of this book, and how were they significant to the plot?

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