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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. According to Madison in Chapter One, for what position is her husband being considered?

2. What small miracle amazes Lillian in Chapter Three?

3. What item of clothing does Lillian take from the twins' grandmother?

4. What does Jasper tell Lillian in Chapter Two?

5. What has Carl placed in the back of the vehicle used to pick up the twins in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation do the twins have while Lillian pretends to sleep in Chapter Five?

2. What does Jasper tell Lillian in Chapter Two? How does she respond?

3. What job opportunity does Madison have for Lillian, as explained in Chapter One?

4. Who is Timothy? What does the reader learn about him in the first two chapters of the novel?

5. What amazes the twins about the guesthouse when they first encounter it in Chapter Five?

6. Describe Lillian's appearance at the beginning of Chapter Four. How does she describe herself?

7. What does Madison's latest letter contain, as explained in Chapter One?

8. How does Lillian convince the twins to come with her in Chapter Three?

9. Who is Madison's husband? How did they meet?

10. What sorts of normal behaviors does Lillian instill in the twins in Chapter Five?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Carl’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is he a good person? In what ways is he a bad one?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of responsibility.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay defining friendship from the perspective of Lillian and Madison. What is friendship, according to these characters? How do the choices they make reflect these values?

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