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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 is the year in "The Door"?

2. In "The Gate," what does Mrs. Peace do instead of smoke?

3. In "The Crossbeams," what type of vehicle does Father Travis remember carried the bomb that detonated in the lobby?

4. In "The Passage," what saint does Father Travis tell a story about?

5. In "The Passage," when did Frank Baum first write that Indians needed to be annihilated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Nola described in "The Passage"?

2. How is Emmaline described in "The Door"?

3. In "The Door," what is special about the name LaRose?

4. How was Mackinnon described by Wolford in "Hello, Beauty"?

5. What does Dougie Veddar do to LaRose?

6. Who is Landreaux?

7. What does Maggie do to Dougie after she learns what he did to LaRose?

8. In "Hello, beauty," what does Nola say about Dusty's last day?

9. What is Peter preparing for in "The Gate," and what preparations is he making?

10. In "The Gate," what perfume do Snow and Josette buy their mother for Christmas, and what does it smell like and look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters have different ways of coping with Dusty’s death. How do various characters cope with Dusty’s death? What is revealed about coping strategies and effectiveness of various strategies characters use to cope?

Essay Topic 2

Sections of the novel can be classified as realistic fiction, and other sections can be classified as historical fiction. Which sections of the novel would be classified as realistic fiction and which as historical fiction? Why would these sections have these classifications?

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Peace has a conversation with Landreaux about the poem Invictus. What does Mrs. Peace communicate about running away from problems through the poem and the conversation she has with Landreaux?

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