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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. Why does Caroline take her shirt off when she is in the lookout?

2. On page 34, whom is Father quoting when he says, "We have the liveliest interest in a wild man"?

3. What does Caroline tell people when they say something about her living in the park?

4. Why is Valerie in state custody?

5. What special effort does Mr. Walter make to make Caroline feel at home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Mr. Walters tells Father the work he wants him to do on Father's first day of work?

2. What is Caroline eager to tell Father once they are alone in Part Three, and how does he respond?

3. What surprises the child welfare workers about Caroline's physical and mental condition?

4. What elaborate ritual do Caroline and Father have for sharing food in a way that does not alert people that they are together?

5. When they are walking back home on the night when the story begins, what animal does Father tell Caroline to look at, and why?

6. What do Father and Caroline find when they return to their house in Forest Park?

7. What does Valerie say she dislikes about Caroline, and what seems to be the real motivation for her hostility?

8. Describe the place where Caroline and Father have been sleeping for a while by the end of Part Four.

9. What does Caroline remember when she is riding in the police car?

10. What seems to be happening to Father while they are living in the house, and what textual details support this interpretation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that compares and contrasts the attitudes Jean Bauer and Mr. Walters display toward Caroline. Use textual evidence to defend your claims.

Essay Topic 2

Is Caroline's fantasy about recruiting first her sister Della and later one of the girls from the softball team in Sisters just that--a harmless fantasy--or do you believe that Caroline, like Father, will eventually act on her need to recruit someone else into her solitary lifestyle? Write an essay that uses textual evidence to defend a claim about Caroline's desire to recruit a younger girl into her lifestyle.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that analyzes the significance of the blue ribbon that Caroline carries. Consider its provenance, what Caroline does with it, and how it deteriorates over the years as a part of your exploration of this symbol.

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