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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 time is Helen released from the hospital in "Exiles"?

2. How long was Bob married to his ex-wife?

3. How did Jack die?

4. In "The End of the Civil War Days," who does Fergus stop to help with a car problem?

5. When do Christopher and his family visit Olive in "Friend"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shirley Falls look like when Jack and Olive drive there?

2. What living arrangements do Fergus and Ethel MacPherson have?

3. What does the house look like where Henry grew up in Shirley Falls?

4. How do Olive and Isabelle start watching out for each other?

5. Who is Bob's ex-wife, and what is their relationship?

6. Who does Jack see when he is in Shirley Falls with Olive, and what is that person doing there?

7. Why does Fergus learn that during Civil War Days they may not camp in the park?

8. Why does Olive decide she needs a typewriter, and how does she get one?

9. What does the park look like in "The End of Civil War Days" and how is it different from when Fergus was a kid?

10. What is Olive's situation in "The Poet"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ann and Christopher are referred to as motherless children. Why are they motherless children? Are they motherless for the same reasons?

Essay Topic 2

Cindy is fighting cancer. Why do people avoid Cindy? Why does she have few visitors? How has Cindy’s illness caused a division between her and many of her friends?

Essay Topic 3

Kayley is an eighth-grader whose father died two years ago. What type of relationship did Kayley have with her father? How has his death affected her life? How does she deal with the loss?

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