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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 Danny do after reading Laura's book, Shadrach?

2. What does Laura say when asked how much she likes being at McIlroy?

3. What does Laura hear about that happened at that McIlroy house?

4. What do the Teagels agree is the purpose of having an adoptive child?

5. What is Laura supposed to do while Danny supports them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Laura Shane when she is born.

2. Describe the toads that Laura begins to get in the mail.

3. What does Stefan do after returning and finding Laura and Chris both dead?

4. Describe what happens to Laura when she first arrives at the McIlroy house?

5. What does Laura explain that the cops found out about Kokoschka?

6. What does Kokoschka think when he first looks at Laura?

7. Describe what steps Laura has taken to protect herself as seen in the beginning of Chapter 4.

8. Describe Fat Jack.

9. What are some of the things the Ackerson twins tell Laura when she first meets them.

10. What is life like for Laura at the Teagel house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) If you had to choose to be either a time traveler like Stefan or someone who was stuck trying to figure the time travelers out, like Laura, which would you choose and why?

Part 2) Speculate on the way that Stefan believed the world should have been before he talked to Winston Churchill.

Part 3) Is there any indication that Laura, Stefan and Chris will be able to live happily ever after?

Essay Topic 2

Pick one of the following to write about:

Part 1) If you had to live in a time differently than your own what time would you chose and why?

Part 2) What moment in time would you most like to influence and why?

Part 3) Is it likely that Churchill ever told anyone about the time traveler that visited him? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Based on what is known about Laura and what her father recalled what would you say that Laura's mother had been like?

Part 2) What fictional character were you partial to that would be similar to Mr. Toad? Explain the similarities.

Part 3) Why are fictional characters important and often found in a child's life?

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