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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. How many votes does the union pass by?

2. What does Lynn's family think is healing her?

3. Where does Katie's family go on vacation at the end of the book?

4. What color is the house Lynn picks out to buy?

5. What game does Katie play while Lynn is in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Katie realize while she washes dishes after Lynn's body is taken away?

2. What is the first thing that Lynn and Amber disagree about?

3. What color is the house Lynn picks out, and why does she choose this house?

4. What does Katie's mother tell her she must do when they get home from the hospital?

5. What does Katie hear the night after the picnic?

6. Why does Katie not sleep well, and what does she do to help this?

7. What does Katie do for her mother just after Lynn dies?

8. What does Katie do after she finds out what is really wrong with Lynn?

9. What happens at the funeral that makes Katie fearful?

10. How does Sammy get hurt while on the picnic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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 Cynthia Kadohata have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship between Lynn and Katie change throughout the course of the plot, and how do these changes affect the characters around them?

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