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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 kind of structure is Caroline living in in Part Eight?

2. What alerts the girls in the bathroom that something is wrong with Caroline in Part Seven?

3. When she finds Father injured, why does Caroline have a hard time moving him?

4. What is Caroline reading in Part Seven that she needs the dictionary for?

5. What does Caroline fear might be true about her sister, in Part Seven?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the mixed feelings that Caroline has as she looks at her old house?

2. What happens to cause Caroline to decide against approaching Della?

3. What habit does Caroline have in Part Eight that echoes Father's abduction of her?

4. In what sense are Susan and Father similar?

5. What does Father tell Caroline about traveling south, and what actually happens when they go south?

6. What is ironic about the feeling Caroline shares about grocery shopping in the beginning of Part Six?

7. Where is Caroline living in Part Eight?

8. When Caroline is finally alone in the cave, watching the fire, what does she finally allow herself to think about?

9. What happens during Caroline's encounter with the two sisters in the mall bathroom?

10. What does the condition of Caroline's feet tell the reader about her?

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

Write an essay that examines the physical closeness of Father and Caroline. Read carefully the passages about their sleeping and showering practices, Caroline's feelings about how her body is changing, her interest in the young couple she sees on the water tower, and so on. Use evidence from these passages to make and defend a claim about the nature of Father and Caroline's physical closeness and its impacts on Caroline.

Essay Topic 3

Peter Rock has said in interviews that no other narrative voice would work for this story other than Caroline's. Write an essay that examines how Caroline's narrative voice supports the novel's theme. Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.

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